Bello's Morning Blotter

Here is the news Globe Deputy City Editor Mike Bello is following this morning:

Breaking Now:

"That was pretty magical."

Buzz:

State fiscal problems may worsen

Where the cutbacks might hurt the most

Interest in Blue Jeans the dog doesn't fade

3 Hub college students arrested at debate site

Newspapers, Radio, TV:

Divers off Nantucket identify 1887 shipwreck

Ocean Spray files patent suit against Decas Cranberries

Missing Orange woman found after 3 days in woods

DNA links N.H. man to attacks on prostitutes in Brockton

Day Ahead:

The State Ethics Commission holds closing arguments in the case of former Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Director Matthew Amorello. He is accused of violating the state's conflict of interest law for allegedly changing the authority's policy on the buyback of unused sick leave, a move that boosted his severance package by about $73,000. Amorello testified before the five-member commission that he had nothing to do with the policy change.

James Holland to be sworn in as 52nd postmaster of Boston.

Leonard Schlesinger will be inaugurated as Babson College's 12th president.

Globe Deputy City Editor Mike Bello has covered news in Boston since 1973. E-mail him your tips here.

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