Photos: $59 Million Nantucket Home for Sale


Photos: $59 Million Nantucket Home Up for Sale. If the seller gets the asking price, it would be the largest residential sale on the island ever, according to the listing broker. It’s an unbelievable property, coming in at 20 bedrooms, 70 acres, and one unfortunately placed ceiling fan. [Globe]

Harvard Joins MIT in Online Education Platform, Launching This Fall. edX is built on the online education platform developed at MIT called MITx. edX will be run by a nonprofit based in Cambridge and is seeded with $30 million each from the two universities, which plan to release the platform as an open-source project so other colleges and universities can adopt (and adapt) it. [Boston Business Journal]

In Midst of Junior Seau’s Death, Continued Calls on Sports-Related Head Trauma. Seau, a former Patriots linebacker many regarded as the heart and soul of the team, was found dead yesterday in his Oceanside, Calif., from a gunshot wound to his chest. Seau’s death is being investigated as a suicide, and his brain will likely end up in the hands of researchers. But as USA Today columnist Mike Lopresti points out, it was a year ago yesterday that BU researchers released a report on NFL safety Dave Duerson, who seemingly faced an eerily similar fate as Seau — and who left a note asking that his brain be studied so people could understand what he was going through. Although the rallying cries against Roger Goodell, the NFL, anyone, are strong, let’s hope that the work being done at BU, which has extended from the NFL to the NHL to high school football, isn’t for nothing. [USA Today | Herald]

Eric Fehrnstrom is Batman to Mitt Romney’s Robin. Or at least that’s the case in this GQ photo illustration, which accompanies a great profile of Romney’s No. 1 strategist/advisor/everything. [GQ]

New Book Reveals Aristotle Onassis Gave Jackie $3 Million Upon Marriage. “Actually it Aristotle’s idea to give Jackie money upon their marriage. It’s an old Greek tradition he wanted to adhere to,” said J. Randy Taraborrelli, author of “After Camelot.” [WCVB]

Native Americans Banned From Boston … Until 2005. Menino called for the antiquated law, which obviously wasn’t enforced, to be struck down. [Daily Caller]