“BOSTON” on The Daily Caller

LONDON—Based on his success on the other side of the pond, hedge-fund manager John Henry seems a strong owner for Liverpool Football Club, the debt-laden Premier League team. (more)

“The Town” tells the story of four childhood friends who have grown up to follow in their fathers’ footsteps. Unfortunately, those footsteps have led in most cases to prison or death. In Charlestown, we are told, “Bank robbery is passed down from fathers to sons like a family business.” (more)

It’s one of the most famous events in American history: the December night in 1773 when Colonists protested a British tax by dumping three shiploads’ worth of tea into Boston Harbor. But for years, tourists who came to visit the spot that helped spark the Revolutionary War had little more to see than a plaque. (more)

A Massachusetts school district has apologized to parents after a group of schoolchildren participated in midday Muslim prayers during a field trip to a Boston-area mosque. (more)

New England Patriots QB Tom Brady was involved in a minor car accident on Thursday morning, WEEI-AM in Boston reported.The station, with which Brady has a scheduled appearance each week, said Brady did not go to the hospital but was “shaken.”More to come (more)

Sean Foley has “no interest” in getting Tiger Woods to swing as he did in 2000, when the world No. 1 had arguably the greatest year in the history of golf. (more)

Boston’s luxurious Eliot Hotel offers its guests perks such as free use of a sports club and a complimentary shoeshine. But one recent guest thought she saw a little something extra that was not on the list of amenities: a bedbug in her bed. (more)

Blood will be spilled and brains rattled. Body parts will be wrenched and battered, some damaged. (more)

All Johnny Damon needed to hear from Tigers manager Jim Leyland and/or general manager Dave Dombrowski was reassurance that the team still wanted him and would continue to play him. (more)

WASHINGTON — A second House Democrat, Rep. Maxine Waters of California, could face an ethics trial this fall, further complicating the election outlook for the party as it battles to retain its majority. (more)

NEW YORK — After college, most people do their best to avoid having to pull any more all-nighters. But for some, even after graduation, the wee hours are the most productive. (more)

A Stoughton patrolman has resigned from the department after internal affairs investigations found that he left his patrol to meet a stripper billed as “the world’s smallest porn star” and that he modified his service pistol by adding a laser-sighting device, the police chief said today. (more)

An educational watchdog’s report blasts new national guidelines backed Friday by Massachusetts’ education czar, warning they will lead to the dumbing-down of Bay State students, according to a copy obtained exclusively by the Herald. (more)

A couple of weeks ago, the state of Florida became home to the biggest free agent signing in the history of pro sports. LeBron James. LeBron James promises no less than seven NBA titles for the Sunshine State. Can it be accomplished? Probably not. Still, it’s refreshing to see ambition poured forth onto such an outsized canvas. (more)

LAS VEGAS—They came from Arizona and Australia, Boston and the Bahamas, South Carolina and South Africa to raise high the elixir of liberty in this, the most laissez-faire city in America. (more)

Three prominent civil rights organizations have abruptly ended their partnership with the Boston public schools to create a new system to assign students to schools, concerned that the process is moving too slowly and has left out the public. (more)

So NBA Commissioner David Stern is slapping Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert with a $100,000 penalty for his allegedly “ill-advised and imprudent” open letter that channeled the inner primal scream of every last fan from Northeast Ohio (including yours truly) in the wake of LeBron James’ “Decision” to depart our hometown for Miami? (more)

The number of Boston school students identified as lacking fluency in English surged dramatically over the past school year, presenting further challenges for a school district already under federal investigation for failing to provide adequate programs for students trying to learn the language. (more)

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Lady Gaga is lending star power to Polaroid and the MIT Museum. (more)

WASHINGTON — They had lived for more than a decade in American cities and suburbs from Seattle to New York, where they seemed to be ordinary couples working ordinary jobs, chatting to the neighbors about gardening and schools, apologizing for noisy teenagers. (more)