Spanning the Web

Taking you around the Internet for your afternoon enjoyment.

The MBTA isn’t the only transit authority with security problems: A Long Island couple stumbled upon a glitch in New York’s MetroCard machines, and allegedly exploited it to the tune of $800,000. [Daily Intel]

Sad: Three people were killed when a flight carrying a cancer patient and his wife crashed in an Easton parking lot. The patient was on his way to the Dana Farber Cancer Institute for treatment. [WCVB]

Kenny Chesney moves on: The country star who wants to play second base for the Red Sox practiced with the New Orleans Saints yesterday. You guys can have him. [Deadspin]

The taste of money: On Thursday morning, the Century Banksicle truck will be doling out free ice cream in Cambridge. [Cantabrigia]

And here’s what Chowder has for you.

Striped bass and Mad Men: It’s all the news that’s fit to eat.

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