Commuter rail engine sent back to GE for repairs

Commuter rail engine sent back to GE for repairs

BOSTON – At least one new commuter-rail locomotive will be returned to the engine manufacturer "because of significant issues," Frank DePaola, the general manager of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority, told T overseers Monday.

Overall, DePaola said the new train engines are outperforming the older locomotives in the system. "They are much more reliable than the legacy fleet," DePaola told the agency's Fiscal and Management Control Board. He said the new engines travel on average more than twice as far as the older models before breaking down.

Babson student finds glitch to own Google site, gets $12K
Massachusetts

Babson student finds glitch to own Google site, gets $12K

Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) – A Massachusetts graduate student who pointed out a glitch that allowed him to briefly "own" the world's most heavily trafficked website has been awarded more than $12,000 from Google.

The Boston Globe reports that Babson College MBA candidate Sanmay Ved believed he bought the Internet domain Google.com for $12 when he was using the Google Domains website registration service last fall.

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