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« Black bloggers | Main | From John Bull to tearful marines » Tuesday, April 10, 2007Post-Mooninite BostonYesterday morning, as all vigilant Bostonians know, three black nylon drawstring backpacks were detected hanging from trees at Newton North High School. Another was detected hanging on a nearby fence. The parking lot was evacuated, and the State Police bomb squad was called in. The bomb squad used a robot to inspect the backpacks, and discovered -- as we learned from a story in today's Globe by Ralph Ranalli -- "that they were filled with shredded newspaper and that they bore the logo of a social networking website called b4class.com." The website ("a combination of MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube") was founded by Sofia Loginova, a Quincy High senior. In case the police are looking for her, here's her photo. It's on every page of the website:  Shredded newspaper is kinda suspicious, I guess. But which newspaper was it? At 10 am this morning, Rachel Lebeaux, a blogger for the Newton TAB filed a "newsflash": We just learned from police that it was copies of the Boston Globe, not the Newton TAB, that were shredded and stuffed inside the backpacks that sparked a bomb scare at Newton North High School Monday morning. A crucial clue in the investigation? Maybe not. But it bolsters our belief that every copy of the TAB gets read :) This is no joking matter, Ms. Lebeaux! It's not going to be easy for b4class.com to pony up $2 million in costs and goodwill money... Via Universal Hub Posted by Joshua Glenn at 03:00 PM
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