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PM Roundup: Finneran Ends Radio Show; Boxer Ward Reveals Abuse

-- Former House Speaker Tom Finneran is going to leave his radio show on WRKO-AM this week. [Boston Business Journal]

-- Speaking on national television, Lowell boxer Micky Ward, whose life was chronicled in "The Fighter," revealed that he was sexually abused as a child. [Lowell Sun]

-- Boston's two daily newspapers have been "duking it out" with their coverage of the Massachusetts Senate race. [Politico]

-- The Harvard Square Business Association is seeking to renovate the square's "pit." [Metro]

-- Longtime WBZ-AM radio host Lovell Dyett has passed away. He was 77. [WBZ]

-- The Boston Foundation has launched an online catalog — The Giving Common — designed to help donors decide where to give their money. [BBJ]

-- A rare Siberian crane chick has hatched at Boston's Franklin Park Zoo. [WCVB-TV]

-- QB Tom Brady has a Boston accent? Some LA folks seem to think so in this funny video. [FunnyOrDie]

This program aired on May 29, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.

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