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“What’s @ Risk” airs every Saturday night from 11pm to midnight on WBZ and WBZ.com. The structure of the show revolves around commentary, discussions and interviews along with topical sound bites, comedy, and great music. The show is hosted by Mike Christian, CEO of Risk Strategies Company (RSC). Since RSC is an insurance and risk management organization, there is often an aspect of risk incorporated into most discussions. However, the overriding theme of the show is to educate the listeners and find the opportunity in risk. In today’s world, individuals and businesses are facing significant risk. From climate change to cyber attacks to the financial crisis to business/social risk, there is no shortage of topics. The show has become a forum for individuals, local businesses, authors, and experts in various fields to talk about their perspectives, ideas, and solutions.

Email contact: whatsatrisk@risk-strategies.com

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What’s @ Risk #53 Saturday, March 6th 2010 Segment #2
We continue this weeks’ workplace theme with Mark Murphy author of Hundred Percenters: Challenge Your Employees to Give It Their All, and They'll Give You Even More.
What’s @ Risk #53 Saturday, March 6th 2010 Segment #1
W@R looks at challenges in the workplace with Christine Porath co-author of The Cost of Bad Behavior: How Incivility Is Damaging Your Business and What to Do About It.
What’s @ Risk #52 Saturday February 27, 2010 Segment #2
W@R interviews poet Diana Raab about her passion for writing and her new book, The Guilt Gene. We then review the Eurasia Group’s Top Ten Risks of 2010.
What’s @ Risk #52 Saturday February 27, 2010 Segment #1
W@R speaks with Pulitzer Prize Winning NY Times Writer Gretchen Morgenson about her new book The Capitalist’s Bible: The Essential Guide to Free Markets - And Why They Matter to You.
What’s @ Risk Show # 51 Saturday February 20, 2010 Segment #2
W@R revisits our discussion on obesity in America with Hank Cardello author of “Stuffed: An Insider’s Look at Who’s (Really) Making America Fat”
What’s @ Risk Show # 51 Saturday February 20, 2010 Segment #1
W@R replays our interview on children’s fitness as a lifestyle with Len Saunders, Creator of Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) focused on making fitness fun for kids.
What’s @ Risk # 50 Saturday February 13, 2010 Segment #2
W@R replays our discussion with legendary Entrepreneur, RJ Valentine, Owner - F1 Boston & Professional Race Car Driver.
What’s @ Risk # 50 Saturday February 13, 2010 Segment #1
W@R revisits the world of the working man with Joe Lamacchia, Author of “Blue Collar and Proud of It” and founder of www.bluecollarandproudofit.com
What's @ Risk #45 Saturday January 9, 2010 Segment #1
W@R examines the risk of not paying attention in our discussion with Joseph Cardillo author of Can I Have Your Attention? His views on thinking fast, finding your focus and sharpening your attention.
What’s @ Risk #49 Saturday February 6, 2009 Segment #2
W@R learns about “managing your boss” through our conversation with Katherine Crowley & Kathi Elster, authors of Working For You Isn’t Working for Me.
What’s @ Risk #49 Saturday February 6, 2009 Segment #1
W@R talks with Matt Harrison, author of The American Evolution and founder of the Prometheus Institute, about Charles Darwin's theories and their relevance to today's economic risks.
What’s @ Risk #48 Saturday January 30, 2010 Segment #2
Best of W@R continues loss of privacy discussion with Ronald Goldfarb, followed by Paul Nicholas President and COO of Millivision Technologies, maker of security products and whole body scanners.
What’s @ Risk #48 Saturday January 30, 2010 Segment #1
Best of W@R looks at back at the issues around loss of privacy through our interview with Ronald L. Goldfarb author of “In Confidence: When To Protect Secrecy & When To Require Disclosure”
What’s @ Risk #47 Saturday January 23, 2010 Segment #2
W@R examines spying techniques, the latest technologies used by the military and the risk of dealing with Russia today in our conversation with Christopher Reich, author of Rules of Vengeance.
What’s @ Risk #47 Saturday January 23, 2010 Segment #1
W@R looks at the Healthcare Debate from a cost control and behavioral standpoint in our interview with Michael Follick, Founder and CEO of the Abacus Group.
W@R Show #46 Saturday January 16, 2010 Segment #2
W@R speaks with Derek Shulman, Director of the Anti-defamation League of New England and Diego Portillo of The Latino Professional Network about the newly formed Latino/Jewish Roundtable.
What’s @ Risk #45 Saturday January 9, 2010 Segment #2
W@R revisits the topic of financial risk and it’s impact on retirees and pre-retirees with Julie Jason, author of the AARP Retirement Survival Guide: How to Make Smart Financial Decisions in Good Times and Bad.
What's @ Risk #44 Saturday January 2, 2010 Segment #2
W@R speaks with Blake Morrison Investigative Reporter of USA Today on The Smokestack Effect which examines Industrial Pollution near our schools. Then, we discuss the pervasive risk of prostate cancer in men with Dr. Eric Klein.
What's @ Risk #44 Saturday January 2, 2010 Segment #1
W@R starts 2010 with a look at the risk of employee theft in our conversation with BC Krishna, co-author of Insidious - How Trusted Employees Steal Millions and Why It's So Hard for Banks to Stop Them.
What’s @ Risk #43 Saturday December 26, 2009 Segment #2
W@R continues our Holiday Edition by speaking with best selling NY Times writer Robert Wright about his insights on religion and his new book The Evolution of God.
What’s @ Risk #43 Saturday December 26, 2009 Segment #1
In the spirit of the season, W@R talks with Cami Walker, author of 29 Gifts in 29 Days; despite the challenges of MS, Cami has made a career out of giving to others.
What's @ Risk #42 Saturday December 19, 2009 Segment #2
W@R interviews Suzanne Simons, the author of Masters of War who shares her insights on the risks of using military contractors like Blackwater
What's @ Risk #42 Saturday December 19, 2009 Segment #1
W@R talks to Dr. James Meschino author of The Meschino Optimal Living Program: Seven Steps To A Healthy, Fit Age-Resistant Body about how to delay the aging process and change the way we live.
What’s @ Risk #41 Saturday December 12, 2009 Segment #2
Dr. Gordon Livingston author of How to Love discusses the risk of choosing the wrong partner in life and his insights into love compatibility, marriage and long term happiness.
What’s @ Risk #41 Saturday December 12, 2009 Segment #1
W@R examines the risk and rewards of Wall Street with Jonathan Clements, author of The Little Book of Main Street Money: 21 Simple Truths that Help Real People Make Real Money.
What’s @ Risk #40 Saturday December 5, 2009 Segment #2
W@R speaks with Teresa Lynn of ReadBoston and Dr. Cara Natterson author of Dangerous or Safe? Which Foods, Medicines and Chemicals Really Put Your Kids At Risk.
What’s @ Risk #40 Saturday December 5, 2009 Segment #1
W@R talks about the business of life with Allison Rimm, VP Strategic Planning & Management at Mass General Hospital and President of Allison Rimm & Associates.
What’s @ Risk #32 Saturday October 10, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on Heroin addiction with Richard Farrell, Author of What’s Left of Us. From middle class to homeless…from football hero to heroin from the darkness to recovery.
What’s @ Risk #39 Saturday November 28, 2009 - Segment #2
Is there such a thing as healthy hating? W@R talks with Marc Hershon, co- author of I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job.
What’s @ Risk #39 Saturday November 28, 2009 - Segment #1
W@R examines the ageless art of preparing custom medications in our interview with Stephen Bernardi, Pharmacist and owner of Johnson Compounding and Wellness Center of Waltham, MA.
What’s @ Risk #38 Saturday November 21, 2009 Segment #2
Is today’s difficult environment spurring a greater focus on a higher force? We attempt to answer that and other theological questions through our interview with Andrew Pessin, author of The God Question.
What’s @ Risk #38 Saturday November 21, 2009 Segment #1
W@R continues our ongoing examination of Cyber Risk as we discuss the new Red Flags Rule and Identity Theft Prevention Programs with Eduard Goodman, Chief Privacy Officer of Identity Theft 911.
What’s @ Risk #37 Saturday November 14, 2009 Segment #2
Focusing on the Risk we all face, W@R discusses infectious diseases and the H1N1 Pandemic with noted expert Dr. Stephen Zinner, Chairman of the Department of Medicine at Cambridge, MA-based Mount Auburn Hospital.
What’s @ Risk #37 Saturday November 14, 2009 Segment #1
W@R looks into the hot button topics of Health Care Reform and the Chronic Care Model with Dr Benjamin Littenberg, Founder and CEO of Vermedx, the Burlington, Vermont-based Health Care and Information Technology Company with a focus on Diabetes and other
What’s @ Risk #36 Saturday November 7, 2009 Segment #1
W@R replays two of our favorite segments beginning with Thomas Childers, author of the haunting “Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II.”
What’s @ Risk #36 Saturday November 7, 2009 Segment #2
W@R replays our discussion on the complexities and risks of human decision making with Jonah Lehrer author of the acclaimed book “How We Decide.”
What’s @ Risk #35 Saturday October 31, 2009 Segment #2
Halloween theme continues as we explore the Salem Witch Trials with Katherine Howe author of The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane.
What’s @ Risk #35 Saturday October 31, 2009 Segment #1
W@R’s Halloween Edition explores the world of the occult with legendary punk rocker Frank Portman, author of Andromeda Klein.
What’s @ Risk #34 Saturday October 24, 2009 - Segment #2
W@R looks at why the Generation Y employees present new challenges to the workforce with Dr. Joanne Sujansky, (CPS) who, with Dr. Jan Ferri-Reed, authored Keeping the Millennials: Why Companies Are Losing Billions in Turnover to This Generation - and What
What’s @ Risk #34 Saturday October 24, 2009 - Segment #1
W@R looks at the explosive risk of Medical Identity Theft with David Ting, Founder and CTO of Imprivata, Inc. the worldwide Identity Management Company, headquartered in Lexington, MA.
What’s @ Risk #33 Saturday October 17, 2009 Segment #2
Dr. Don Colbert-Part 2. And, promoting economic prosperity in the inner city with Deborah Shufrin, Sr. VP and Director of Programs, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City (ICIC).
What’s @ Risk #33 Saturday October 17, 2009 Segment #1
W@R discusses Physical Security Information Management with David Fowler, Senior Vice President Marketing and Product Development at VidSys, Inc. Also, Part 1 with Dr. Don Colbert, author of Eat This And Live.
What's @ Risk #32 Saturday October 10, 2009 Segment #1
Discussion on crisis management in business with Richard Nicolazzo, Founder & CEO of Nicolazzo & Associates, a nationally-known strategic communications management firm providing high-level professional counsel and services.
What's @ Risk #31 Saturday October 3, 2009 Segment #2
What is Intelligent Giving? Writer, Editor and Author Joanna Krotz explains through her new book, The Guide to Intelligent Giving: Making a Difference in the World – and in your Own Life.
What’s @ Risk #31 Saturday October 3, 2009 Segment #1
W@R looks at the topic of improving workplace performance through our interview with Jim Kimberly, Founder and President of Sapphire Consulting, LLC of Amherst, NH. Sapphire focuses on “Unlocking Potential to Enhance Performance.”
What's @ Risk #30 Saturday September 26, 2009 Segment #2
Continuing our series on Cyber Risk, W@R speaks with Kurt Johnson, Vice President of Corporate Development for Courion Corporation of Framingham, MA.
What’s @ Risk #30 Saturday September 26, 2009 Segment #1
W@R looks at rise of the violent MS-13 gang with author Samuel Logan through his new book This Is For The Mara Salvatrucha – Inside the MS-13 America’s Most Violent Gang.
What's @ Risk #29 Saturday September 19, 2009 Segment #2
W@R visits Ireland through our conversation with David Yeadon author of, “At the Edge of Ireland Seasons on the Beara Peninsula”
What's @ Risk #29 Saturday September 19, 2009 Segment #1
W@R talks about travel with prolific travel writer Paul Theroux author of, “Ghost Train To The Eastern Star: On The Tracks Of The Great Railway Bazaar”
What’s @ Risk #28 Saturday September 12, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on overcoming and breaking the cycle of depression with Dr Stephen S. Ilardi, author of “The Depression Cure: The 6-Step Program To Beat Depression Without Drugs”
What's @ Risk #28 Saturday September 12, 2009 Segment #1
Interview with Michael Gray Founder and CEO of Global Relief Technologies whose software helps organizations and businesses in remote or disconnected environments report critical information in real time.
What’s @ Risk #27 Saturday September 5, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on waste management, recycling and the effect on the environment in Massachusetts with Phil Sago & James McCaffrey of the Massachusetts Sierra Club.
What’s @ Risk #27 Saturday September 5, 2009 Segment #1
W@R continues our look at Health Care through our conversation with Richard Bane, Chairman of the Massachusetts Senior Care Association and CEO of Bane Care Management headquartered in Salem, MA.
What’s @ Risk #26 Segment #2 Saturday August 29, 2009
Continuation our conversation with Jim Hayes of The College Planning Authority, followed by Eve Brown-Waite, author of “First Comes Love, then Comes Malaria.”
What’s @ Risk #26 Segment #1 Saturday August 29, 2009
Interview with Casey Sherman author of “The Finest Hours”, the spectacular true story of the heroic Coast Guard rescue off the shores of Cape Cod in 1952. We then discuss planning for college with Jim Hayes of The College Planning Authority.
What’s @ Risk #25 Saturday August 22, 2009 Segment #2
Continuing our Health Care discussion with Randall Starling, author of “The Cleveland Clinic Guide to Heart Failure”, followed by an interview with Jeffrey Leerink, Chairman & CEO of Leerink Swann, the Boston based firm focused on the Health Care inve
What’s @ Risk #25 Saturday August 22, 2009 Segment #1
Tonight’s focus is on Health Care beginning with Dr. Leonard Berry co-author of “Management Lessons From Mayo Clinic: Inside One of the Worlds Most Admired Service Organizations.”
What’s @ Risk Show #24 8/15/09 Segment 2
What’s @ Risk Best Of replays this May 2 discussion on “functioning alcoholics” with Sarah Allen Benton author of “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Professional Views and Personal Insights
What’s @ Risk Show #24 8/15/09 Segment 1
What’s @ Risk Best Of replays this May 2 discussion on Cyber Risk with Paul Royal, Principal Research Scientist for Atlanta based Web Security Company Purewire on the Convicker Virus and Online Interaction.
What’s @ Risk #23 Saturday August 8, 2009 Segment #2
Filmmaker Joe Cultrea, discusses his award winning film “Hand of God” – examining Joe’s family, the Catholic Church clergy sex abuse of his brother Paul and the heartbreaking closing of his family’s local church, St Mary’s in Salem, MA.
What’s @ Risk #23 Saturday August 8, 2009 Segment #1
A Tribute to Mary Warren. Interview with Christy Mihos, Entrepreneur and Republican candidate for Governor of Massachusetts.
What’s @ Risk #22 Saturday August 1, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on transforming yourself with motivational speaker Mike Robbins author of “Be Yourself Everyone Else Is Already Taken: The Power of Authenticity to Transform Your Life and Relationships”
What’s @ Risk #22 Saturday August 1, 2009 Segment #1
Interview with Emmy Award winning TV Journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan, author of “Prime Time” the new Charlotte “Charlie” McNally mystery.
What’s @ Risk #21 Saturday July 25, 2009 Segment #2
What’s @ Risk interview with Dr. Mike Evans, award winning journalist and one of America’s top experts on Israel and the Middle East. Dr Evans is author of 18 books including the latest, “Jimmy Carter: The Liberal Left and World Chaos”
What’s @ Risk #21 Saturday July 25, 2009 Segment #1
Discussing the heritage of Islam and the hope for the future with Ali A. Allawi, author of “The Crisis of Islamic Civilization”
What's @ Risk #20 Saturday July 18, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on Digital Recycling and E-waste with Kristina Kennedy, Senior Manager of Branding and Communication for Boston based Gazelle.com. Plus, Everything about “Twitter” with Sarah Milstein co-author of The Twitter Book.
What’s @ Risk #20 Saturday July 18th 2009 Segment #1
Discussion on World War II veterans and how this war shattered so many of their lives with Thomas Childers, author of “Soldier from the War Returning: The Greatest Generation's Troubled Homecoming from World War II”
What’s @ Risk #19 Saturday July 11th 2009 Segment #2
What happened to our heroes? Interview with Neil Strauss, author of, “Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life.” It’s one man’s story of a dangerous world and how to stay alive in it.
What’s @ Risk #19 Saturday July 11th 2009 Segment #1
Where have all the real men gone? Interview with Neil Oliver, popular Scottish TV Host and author of, “Amazing Tales for Making Men Out of Boys”
What’s @ Risk #18 Saturday July 4th 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on the radio industry with Scott Fybush, publisher of web based North East Radio Watch.
What’s @ Risk #18 Saturday July 4th 2009 Segment #1
Protecting the creators of content - conversation on copywriting and licensing with Tracy Armstrong, CEO of Copy Clearance Center (CCC) in Danvers, MA
What’s @ Risk #17 Saturday June 27, 2009 Segment #2
We revisit the ever expanding world of cyber risk with Tom Kellerman, VP of Security Awareness for Core Security Technologies
What’s @ Risk #17 Saturday June 27, 2009 Segment #1
Discussion on the risks and rewards of starting your own business with Pamela Slim, author of “Escape from Cubicle Nation” – From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur.
What’s @ Risk #16 June 20, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion with Kimberly A. Tessmer, author of Tell Me What to Eat if I Have Celiac Disease: Nutrition You Can Live With. Conversation on how current economic conditions are effecting Fire Departments across the country with Chief Jim Trainor, President o
What’s @ Risk #16 June 20, 2009 Segment #1
W@R continues conversations on Health Care with Dr. Sreedhar Potarazu, author of the groundbreaking new book, Get Off the Dime, The Secret to Changing Who Pays For Your Healthcare.
What’s @ Risk Show # 15 June 13, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on human decision making with Jonah Lehrer author of “How We Decide”
What’s @ Risk Show # 15 June 13, 2009 Segment #1
Discussion on how doctor’s think with Doctor Sherwin B. Nuland author of “The Soul of Medicine”
What’s @ Risk #14 June 6, 2009 Segment #2
Discussion on obesity in America with Hank Cardello author of “Stuffed: An Insider’s Look at Who’s (Really) Making America Fat”
What’s @ Risk #14 June 6, 2009 Segment #1
Discussion on Children’s Fitness as a lifestyle with Len Saunders, Children’s Health & Fitness Innovator and creator of Project ACES (All Children Exercise Simultaneously) focused on making fitness fun for kids.
What’s @ Risk Show # 13 May 30, 2009 Segment #2
Interview on “Business Words” and their impact with David C Scott, author of the “American Heritage Dictionary of Business Terms – Today’s Language of Business and Finance at Your Finger Tips.”
What’s @ Risk Show # 13 May 30, 2009 Segment #1
Interview on Data Warehousing, Data Analytics and Data Risk with Jim Baum, CEO of Netezza Corporation
Show # 12 May 23, 2009
“Best Of” Segment #2 Interview with Mike Rothman of EIQ Networks on Cyber Risk
Show # 12 May 23, 2009
“Best Of” Segment #1 Interview with Jeffrey Newman of law firm Prince Lobel on media/entertainment law and celebrity marketing.
Show #11 May 16, 2009 Segment #2
Part 2 of conversation with Shari B. Olefson, author of “Foreclosure Nation: Mortgaging the American Dream” Plus interview with Ken Shuman of the on line Real Estate web site Trulia.com
Show #11 May 16, 2009 Segment #1
Discussion of the current Financial Landscape including Personal Debt Management, Home Foreclosures and on line Real Estate information beginning with Interview of Lucy Vellma, author of, “Who Me? Debt Free? A Christians Guide to Living a Debt Free Life
Show #10 5/9/09 Segment 2
Interview with RJ Valentine, Entrepreneur, Owner - F1 Boston & Professional Race Car Driver.
Show #10 5/9/09 Segment 1
Interview with Joe Lamacchia author of “Blue Collar and Proud of It” and founder of www.bluecollarandproudofit.com
Show #9 5/2/09 Segment 2
Discussion on “functioning alcoholics” with Sarah Allen Benton author of “Understanding the High-Functioning Alcoholic: Professional Views and Personal Insights”
Show #9 5/2/09 Segment 1
What’s @ Risk continuing series on Cyber Risk – Interview with Paul Royal, Principal Research Scientist for Atlanta based Web Security Company Purewire on the Convicker Virus and online interaction.
Show #8 4/25/09 Segment 2
Interview with Paul E. Nicholas President and Chief Operating Office of Millivision Technologies, South Deerfield, MA, producers of security products and whole body scanners.
Show #8 4/25/09 Segment 1
Interview with Ronald L. Goldfarb author of “In Confidence: When To Protect Secrecy & When To Require Disclosure” - a look at the issues around the loss of privacy.
Show #7 4/18/09 Segment 2
Interview with Robert Sullivan, author of “The Thoreau You Don’t Know”
Show #7 4/18/09 Segment 1
Interview on improving driver skills with Brandon Bogarth of In Control Crash Prevention Training
Show #6 4/11/09 Segment 2
The What’s @ Risk Baseball Show – Stories, Audio Clips and Interview with New England Collegiate Baseball League North Shore Navigators Owner Phil Rosenfield & GM Pete Delani.
Show #6 4/11/09 Segment 1
The What’s @ Risk Baseball Show – Stories, Audio Clips and Interview with New England Collegiate Baseball League North Shore Navigators Owner Phil Rosenfield & GM Pete Delani.
Show #5 4/4/09 Segment 2
Interview on cyber risk & email theft at work with Steve Wong of Clearsight Networks
Show # 5 4/4/09 Segment 1
Interview on personal finance with Beth Kobliner author of “Get A Financial Life - Personal Finance In Your Twenties and Thirties”
Show #4 3/28/09 Segment 2
Interview on top CEO’s with Umesh Ramakrishnan author of, “There’s No Elevator To The Top”
Show #4 3/28/09 Segment 1
Interview on media/entertainment law and celebrity marketing with Jeffrey Newman of Prince Lobel
Show #3 3/21/09 Segment 2
Interview on the St. Joseph’s Food Pantry in Salem, Ma with Director, VeAnn Campbell
Show #3 3/21/09 Segment 1
Interview on finding a job with Bob Beaudine, author “The Power of Who”
Show #2 3/14/09 Segment 2
Interview on Cyber Risk with Mike Rothman of EIQ Networks
Show #2 3/14/09 Segment 1
Interview on Food Safety with Jaydee Hanson from the Center for Food Safety
Show #1 3/7/09 Segment 2
Continued interview on Healthcare reform in the U.S. with John Greenbaum of Risk Strategies Company
Show #1 3/7/09 Segment 1
Interview on Healthcare reform in the U.S. with John Greenbaum of Risk Strategies Company
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What's @ Risk Host Mike Christian

Mike Christian has 30 years of sales and senior management experience with diverse insurance and risk management organizations. As an insurance broker and consultant, Mike’s experience in both account and operations management has led to his involvement in all aspects of risk management/insurance programs for his clients. He specializes in structuring and managing insurance and risk financing programs for middle market and national clients. Mike is currently President of Risk Strategies Company (RSC), an organization dedicated to providing insurance and risk management solutions to commercial organizations. Mike started RSC in 1997 as a consulting firm and, in 12 years, has grown the company into one of the leading brokerage firms in the US. With over $600 million in premiums, the firm has developed through innovative marketing, acquisitions, and geographic expansion. The firm has ten offices nationally and is ranked in the top 100 brokerage firms in the world.

Risk Strategies Company (RSC) was established in 1997 to respond to the market need for high level, consultative support of insurance and risk management issues. With a focus on middle market companies, RSC provides insurance brokerage and risk management services to its clients. RSC is a national retail brokerage that provides property & liability and health & welfare insurance products to both privately held and publicly traded commercial clients. RSC takes a team approach with its clients by assigning the appropriate resources to each engagement. The objective is always to protect client assets in an efficient and cost effective manner. Each client brings unique challenges and RSC provides risk control and risk financing solutions through insurance expertise, carrier relationships, transferable knowledge, creativity, and negotiating skills.

TODAY'S TOP STORIES

Senate approves school nutrition bill


The Massachusetts Senate has approved a bill designed to ban the sale of high-calorie sodas and salty and sugary snacks in elementary and high schools. The House passed a similar bill in January. The Senate bill would require state health officials to develop nutritional standards for all food sold in public schools, including snacks and sodas sold in vending machines. The bill would also require schools to sell fresh fruits and vegetables, ban deep fried foods and require students be taught about nutrition and exercise.
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Lawrence Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy

Indicted Lawrence superintendent pleads not guilty


Suspended Lawrence Superintendent Wilfredo Laboy has been released on personal recognizance after pleading not guilty at his arraignment on charges of fraud, embezzlement and possession of alcohol on school premises. Laboy appeared before a judge in Salem Superior Court, two days after an Essex County grand jury returned a nine-count indictment against him following a lengthy investigation by state and local police. Laboy was ordered to surrender his passport. Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua has called for a special meeting of the school committee Thursday to consider suspending Laboy without pay.
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Two dead in Everett fire


An Everett man who ran into his burning home to save his sister has died. Wednesday night's fire on Blake Terrace is now "double-fatal" fire that investigators say was caused by carelessness. The fire broke out around 9 p.m. 80-year old Edna Power, who was disabled lived in the building with her brother, 76-year old Edward. Off-duty State Police Sgt. Michael Fiore discovered the fire and ran into the burning home to save anyone inside, but the intense flames pushed him back. The fire quickly raced to the second floor where the brother and sister lived. Edward managed to get out, but ran back in to rescue Edna, who was bedridden and relied on a wheelchair and oxygen. Investigators say it all started when a young woman carelessly tossed away a lit cigarette.
Amy Bishop
Amy Bishop following her arrest in Alabama (AP file)

Inquest of Bishop death set for April


A Massachusetts judge has set aside four days in April to conduct an inquest into the 1986 death of the brother of a university professor accused in Alabama of killing three colleagues last month, authorities announced Thursday. The inquest was ordered by Norfolk District Attorney William Keating to investigate whether Amy Bishop intentionally shot her 18-year-old brother, Seth, at their Braintree home. Quincy District Court Judge Mark Coven will preside at the inquest from April 13 through April 16, said David Traub, a spokesman for Keating.
Patrick Kennedy
In this image from video provided by C-SPAN, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., speaks on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington, Wednesday. (AP Photo/C-SPAN)

Rep. Kennedy rips media in speech - VIDEO


Rhode Island Congressman Patrick Kennedy is blasting the news media as "despicable," accusing it of ignoring the war in Afghanistan even as troops continue to die there.  On Wednesday he shouted, pointed and waved his arms excitedly during a speech on the House floor about U.S. policy in Afghanistan. He chastised the media for focusing "24/7" on former Rep. Eric Massa of New York, who resigned from Congress amid sexual harassment allegations, at a time when lawmakers were debating the future of the war.

Click here to watch the speech.
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Galvin: My offices will open, St. Patrick's Day or not


Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin continues to say "bah-humbug" when it comes to St. Patrick's Day.  The Democrat announced Thursday all of his offices and the state Archives will be open March 17 even though many other government offices in Suffolk County will be closed for what is also known as Evacuation Day.  Galvin oversees offices supervising securities and corporate activities, so he tends to keep his offices open on normal business days. That has traditionally included St. Patrick's Day.
WBZ-TV

Rescuers try to save dolphins on Cape Cod


Rescuers have been trying to save two groups of stranded white-sided dolphins on Cape Cod.  The International Fund for Animal Welfare says it was notified Thursday morning of 10 dolphins stranded in a muddy area of Drummer Cove in Wellfleet.   Six others stranded just south of there at Lieutenant Island, and two of those have died.

Club settles charges in boy's Uzi death


A Massachusetts sporting club has settled charges in the accidental death of an 8-year-old Connecticut boy who shot himself with an Uzi during a 2008 gun fair at the club.

Worker hurt in church ceiling collapse


A construction worker has been flown to a hospital for treatment after part of a ceiling collapsed at a church in Rockland.
CBS

Daylight savings returns this weekend


Heat up the grill and break out the badminton set: Daylight-saving time returns this weekend as we shift an hour of light from the morning to the evenings.  Push your clocks ahead -- spring forward -- before going to bed Saturday night. The official change occurs at 2 a.m. Sunday, local time. Daylight-saving time ends Nov. 1., when it will be time to fall back.

Mediator to lead talks over firing of RI teachers


A mediator will lead negotiations meant to avert the mass firing of all teachers from long-troubled Central Falls High School as part of a plan to improve student performance, Superintendent Frances Gallo said Thursday.

Columbus Center development goes belly-up


The Columbus Center project had been on hold for 13 long years. Now, the plan is officially dead.

Philanthropist Ray Tye dies of cancer at age 87


One of Boston's biggest philanthropists, Ray Tye, has died.

USS Constitution's cannon tradition to continue


The USS Constitution will continue firing its cannons twice a day across Boston Harbor as it has done for more than 200 years despite the objections of well-heeled neighbors.
CBS file

State lawmakers to debate anti-bullying legislation


The Massachusetts Senate is scheduled to debate a bill designed to clamp down on school bullies. The bill would prohibit bullying at schools and discourage so-called cyberbullying by prohibiting the use of e-mails, text messages, Internet postings and other electronic means to create a hostile school environment.
Nomar Garciaparra
Former Boston Red Sox shortstop Nomar Garciaparra, who signed a Red Sox one-day minor league baseball contract, takes questions form reporters during a news conference at City of Palms Park, in Fort Myers, Fla. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Garciaparra retires as a member of the Red Sox


Nomar Garciaparra retired as a member of the Boston Red Sox Wednesday.  During a news conference with Red Sox President Larry Lucchino and general manager Theo Epstein at City of Palms Park in Fort Myers, Garciaparra announced he signed a one-day minor-league deal with the Red Sox so he could retire with the team he broke in with in 1996.
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FBI celebrates 'Most Wanted' anniversary


The FBI will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Ten Most Wanted Fugitives program this weekend. The Top Ten program is designed to publicize particularly dangerous fugitives. It is an extremely important law enforcement tool and media involvement is crucial to its success. 
Michael and Carolyn Riley
Michael Riley sits in the courtroom for his trial in Brockton. (AP Photo/Greg Derr, Pool)

Father on trial in daughter's death


Opening arguments are underway in the trial of Michael Reily, the Hull father charged with killing his four-year old daughter, Rebecca. Prosecutors have been granted permission by the judge to use grizzly crime scene photos of the body of Rebecca during opening statements. The little girl died on the floor of her parents bedroom from an overdose of prescription anti-psychotic drugs. Prosecutors say Reily and his wife Carolyn routinely gave the girl more drugs than necessary in order to keep her "calm". Carolyn Reily was convicted in a separate trial earlier this year.
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