WBUR Newsroom Election 2008 CommonHealth Blog Boston Weather BBC World News NPR Top Stories NPR's Morning Edition NPR Topics: Books NPR Topics: Movies Fresh Air All Things Considered Marketplace Submit a Story Idea RSS Feeds Podcasts     Latest local news Rare blue whale spotted off Mass. coast 10/6/2008 6:52:19 PM Whale researchers are buzzing over a rare blue whale that was spotted about 15 miles off the coast of Gloucester. BC's Crane earns weekly ACC honors 10/6/2008 6:39:57 PM Boston College quarterback Chris Crane and North Carolina linebacker Bruce Carter have earned weekly honors from the Atlantic Coast Conference. Man held on charge related to Lowell beating death 10/6/2008 6:09:37 PM Bail has been set at $50,000 for a man charged in connection with a deadly weekend brawl at a sub shop in Lowell. Small asteroid headed for light show over Africa 10/6/2008 6:00:39 PM A small asteroid was headed for a fiery but harmless dive into Earth's atmosphere early Tuesday morning over Africa, astronomers said in a first of its kind advance warning. Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated 10/6/2008 4:21:03 PM Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank said Monday Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. Eli Lilly bids $6.5 billion for ImClone 10/6/2008 2:59:45 PM Eli Lilly and Co has agreed to acquire ImClone Systems Inc for $6.5 billion, outbidding Bristol-Myers Squibb Co and potentially bringing to a close one of the most colorful corporate sagas in biotech history. Frank says GOP housing attacks racially motivated 10/6/2008 2:05:43 PM Congressman Barney Frank says Republican criticism of Democrats over the nation's housing crisis is a veiled attack on the poor that's racially motivated. Mass. Mid-Day Numbers 10/6/2008 1:41:47 PM The winning numbers drawn Monday in "The Numbers Game" mid-day draw were: 8-4-0-9 (eight, four, zero, nine).				Sponsor