Week In Review: Senate Race Takes A Turn

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October 07, 2011

Activist Bob Massie, then a candidate for U.S. Senate, speaks at the Massachusetts Democratic Convention in Lowell in June. (AP)

The field of candidates for the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senateshrank by one, while an exchange between candidate Elizabeth Warren and Sen. Scott Brown got, well, personal.

Meanwhile, the "Occupy Boston" demonstrators prepared to enter their second week in Dewey Square. And Blue Cross Blue Shield and Partners HealthCare make an attempt to tamp down healthcare cost inflation.

Radio Boston digs into the week's news.

Guests:

Julie Mehegan, deputy editorial page editor, Boston Herald
Joan Vennochi, columnist, Boston Globe

This segment aired on October 7, 2011.