http://www.newser.com/2008 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorThu, 28 Aug 2008 7:47:13 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34594/suit-stops-hackers-from-showing-subway-flaw.html?refid=rss_all_defaultBoston’s mass transit system has blocked three MIT students from revealing a flaw in its electronic fare system, the Boston Globe reports. Most Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority customers use the CharlieCard, which allows them to store fares. By cracking it, the students vowed to give attendees at a Las Vegas computer conference “free subway rides for life."http://www.newser.com/story/34594/suit-stops-hackers-from-showing-subway-flaw.html?refid=rss_all_defaultSun, 10 Aug 2008 19:06:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33311/pierce-us-basketball-needs-win-worse-than-celtics-did.html?refid=rss_all_defaultNow that the Boston Celtics are once again NBA champions, American basketball's next great championship hope falls to the men's Olympic team. "They need it worse than the Celtics needed a championship this year," said Celtics forward Paul Pierce. "The US has been a perennial basketball power and they just need to establish that once again. I think this is the team to do it."http://www.newser.com/story/33311/pierce-us-basketball-needs-win-worse-than-celtics-did.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 24 Jul 2008 19:56:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30290/celtics-win-ripples-across-globe.html?refid=rss_all_defaultAs the buzzer sounded last night, giving the Boston Celtics the NBA Championship over the Los Angeles Lakers, it wasn't heard only in Beantown. All over the world, from London to Shanghai, basketball fans watched the Celtics take home their 17th Larry O’Brien Trophy. "It’s a global world," said a team partner and investment banker. "So when a team does so well like this with such a storied franchise, people know right away."http://www.newser.com/story/30290/celtics-win-ripples-across-globe.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWed, 18 Jun 2008 6:07:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/29711/lakers-take-game-3.html?refid=rss_all_defaultKobe Bryant scored 36 points to lead his LA Lakers to an 87-81 victory over Boston in Game 3 of the NBA Finals, the LA Times reports. Los Angeles now trails the best-of-seven series 2-1. The Lakers also got a strong lift from Sasha Vujacic (20 points), who came up big during game's closing minutes. Game 4 is Thursday in Los Angeles.http://www.newser.com/story/29711/lakers-take-game-3.html?refid=rss_all_defaultTue, 10 Jun 2008 22:59:08 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27255/catholic-school-grads-hear-fewer-pro-choice-speakers.html?refid=rss_all_defaultCatholic universities are increasingly leaving pro-choice politicians off their lists of possible commencement speakers and honorary-degree recipients, reports the Boston Globe. John Kerry, Nancy Pelosi, Ted Kennedy, and other Catholic pols who don’t hew to the church's party line, especially on abortion, find themselves sidelined as the 225 American Catholic schools bow to pressure from the Vatican and some US clerics.http://www.newser.com/story/27255/catholic-school-grads-hear-fewer-pro-choice-speakers.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 20:17:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/27074/high-gas-prices-fuel-transit-boom.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThe soaring price of gas is driving people across America out of their cars and onto mass transit, the New York Times reports. Buses and trains are up 5% or more in cities like Boston and New York, where mass transit is already a popular alternative, but the biggest leap in rider numbers—10-15%— has been in cities in the South and West where car culture is strongest.http://www.newser.com/story/27074/high-gas-prices-fuel-transit-boom.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 20:17:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25831/boy-marries-boy-then-what.html?refid=rss_all_defaultWedding bells have rung for more than 700 homosexual couples in Massachusetts since the state started marrying gays in 2004, prompting the New York Times to profile young gay men who said “I do.” But there are many things the spouses don’t do, such as follow traditional norms: “We don’t think there is any set way to do this,” one 24-year-old said.http://www.newser.com/story/25831/boy-marries-boy-then-what.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 20:17:05 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25206/cheruiyot-tune-win-boston.html?refid=rss_all_defaultRobert Cheruiyot of Kenya became the fourth man to win the Boston Marathon four times today, crossing the finish line on 2:07:46, 32 seconds slower than his own course record, the AP reports. Dire Tune of Ethiopia won the women’s race in 2:22:25, squeaking past Russian Alevtina Biktimirova by just 2 seconds in the tightest women's finish ever.http://www.newser.com/story/25206/cheruiyot-tune-win-boston.html?refid=rss_all_defaultMon, 21 Apr 2008 13:02:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/25047/bullock-ok-after-crash-with-drunk-driver.html?refid=rss_all_defaultA woman accused of drunk driving slammed head-on into Sandra Bullock's SUV last night near the Massachusetts coast, the Boston Globe reports. Bullock, 43, her husband, Jesse James, 39, and their driver were unhurt in the crash. Police said oncoming driver Lucille Gatchell "almost giggled" when told who she had hit. "She said, 'My first drunk driving and I hit Sandra Bullock,'" a policeman said.http://www.newser.com/story/25047/bullock-ok-after-crash-with-drunk-driver.html?refid=rss_all_defaultThu, 15 May 2008 20:17:05 CDT