The FBI arrested Boston City Councilor Chuck Turner this morning on charges he accepted a $1,000 bribe and then lied about taking the money in a widening federal corruption probe.

Turner was arrested at 7 a.m. at City Hall on charges stemming from the undercover probe, which lead to the arrest on Oct. 28 of state Senator Dianne Wilkerson on allegations she accepted eight bribes worth $23,500.

A 12-page affidavit filed this morning in US District Court alleges that Turner was surreptitiously videotaped accepting the cash in his district office on Aug. 3, 2007, in exchange for pushing for a liquor license of the Roxbury nightclub Dejavu.

Source: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/11/fbi_arrests_cit.html

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Boys born to women exposed to hairspray in the workplace may have a higher risk of being born with a genital defect.

Imperial College London scientists talked to women who had babies with hypospadias, where the urinary tract is found away from the penis.

They reported that hairspray exposure more than doubled the risk.

The study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, said it was too early to say for certain that hairspray was the cause.

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7741998.stm

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The Roots and their tour crew are alive and relatively well after their tour bus crashed en route to Paris Wednesday night (November 19). Though some suffered injuries leading to "cuts and neck braces," everyone on the bus is-- again-- okay, though the fate of the band's upcoming dates appears somewhat in limbo.

Source: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/147613-the-roots-recovering-after-tour-bus-crash