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PM Roundup: Bill Russell Statue; Cambridge No. 2 Most Well-Read City

Other stories (and links) circulating around the newsroom this afternoon:

-- City and team officials have released the design for the statue of Boston Celtics legend Bill Russell. [Boston Globe]

-- Amazon.com is calling Cambridge the No. 2 most well-read city in America, behind only Alexandria, Va. [Press release via Bloomberg]

-- The Martin Prosperity Institute has named Boston the No. 10 best place for new college graduates in the country in 2012. [Atlantic Cities]

-- A data visualization shows the composition of the state's eight most diverse cities from 2005-2009. [MetroBoston DataCommon]

-- Yankee Candle has introduced a new line of "man candles" — like "Riding Mower." [MassLive.com]

-- A Worcester charter school's YouTube video — "Teachers Dancing Behind Students" — has gone viral. [Boston Business Journal]

This program aired on May 15, 2012. The audio for this program is not available.

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