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Yakker Jim Braude in ‘international incident’ Hits traffic snarl-up tickets By Jessica Heslam Thursday, November 13, 2008 - State police say he nearly caused an “international incident” when British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was in Boston, but NECN host and WTKK yakker Jim Braude is taking his traffic citation before a judge later this month. The prime minister was leaving the JFK Library and heading to Cambridge last April when Braude and his black SUV pulled a big no-no and nearly drove head-on into the dignitary’s escort. Brown - who had more security than the president’s Hub visit - was...

Gov.-elect Deval Patrick has clashed with the media in the past, but he’s apparently changing his tune, volunteering to do a regular spot on Margery Eagan and Jim Braude’s radio show on WTKK (96.9 FM). “You have invited me to come and make a regular gig,” Patrick told the duo on the air yesterday. “Let’s do that.” The details have yet to be worked out, but it was more good news for the pair, whose popular one-hour show expands to three hours starting Monday. Their new noon to 3 p.m. gig bumps cable king Bill O’Reilly’s radio show to nights...

NEW YORK (AP) An expert on Iraq's postwar reconstruction was sentenced Monday to six months house arrest and two years probation for trying to smuggle into the United States 4,000-year-old artifacts stolen from Iraq's national museum in the chaos after the U.S.-led invasion. Joseph Braude, 30, had pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Allyne Ross in August to charges of smuggling and making false statements. Braude could have faced up to 16 years in prison. Braude is a Middle East expert fluent in Arabic, Hebrew and Farsi, who had for years assisted the FBI and CIA with counterterrorism efforts. When...