The New York Times does its obligatory Bulger overview with its obligatory paragraph about how South Boston has changed:

Though Mr. Bulger's reign in South Boston ended almost two decades ago - and the gritty Southie of his era has morphed into SoBo and is now overrun with yuppies and glassy condos - people here are still gripped by his story.

Everybody who calls South Boston SoBo please raise your hands - and then buy yourself a one-way ticket to New York.

H/t Dale Cruse, who adds: "Pretty sure even the Yuppies and DINKs in South Boston would give you a beating for calling it 'SoBo'."

On the one hand, the Globe of the Midwest runs a sweet story about how Chicagoans and Bostonians are really more family members than people who have an innate hatred for each other - we're both have guys in tuxedos starting our hockey games, we both have waterfronts, we both have lots of rich people who give money to charity (really). The story features quotes from Bostonians living in Chicago and a professor who teaches classes at both BU and the University of Chicago.

On the other hand, remember that poignant, seemingly heartfelt tribute to Boston after the Marathon bombings about how we're all one city? Well, screw that, the Tribune says.

If the Bruins win tonight, how about we call the Tribune - 800-874-2863 - and see if Owen is around?

Boston Police yesterday issued orders for treating transgender people under arrest that require officers to transport and held in cells alone when possible, refer to them by the name they want to use and refer to them by the gender they identify with. Also:

A search or frisk shall not be performed for the sole purpose of determining an individual’s anatomical gender, and transgender individuals shall not be subject to more invasive search or frisk procedures than non-transgender individuals.

The Globe reports the new rules are the result of a settlement of a lawsuit involving the arrest of a transgender individual.

The Herald tells us how much the people running for mayor make, or, at least, the people it was able to get tax records from.

The Boston Licensing Board decides Thursday whether a downtown bar violated state law by letting patrons get drinks through a six-foot-long block of ice with a groove cut in it.

Even if the board finds Nix's Mate did nothing wrong with the ice luge, it could still get whacked for being seriously overcrowded the night detectives discovered the ice luge in action - and for providing tableside bottle service without a license.

At 3:39 p.m., David Ziegler-Voll tweeted:

Holy shit just saw 10 ft flames and smoke shoot out of a manhole cover on Atlantic Ave. across from South Station

Dale Cruse then added:

My girlfriend at S. Station said manhole cover smoked and exploded. Fire shot out while homeless man watched, like, "ain't no thang".

Mary Ann's - yes, that Mary Ann's - now has a Twitter account. Some Twittery reaction:

A woman unable to use a $59 discount coupon for a local fitness club before it expired has filed a class-action lawsuit against locally based Rue La La on charges the expiration dates on its coupons violate federal and state consumer-protection laws.

In a lawsuit filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston, Leah Mirabella seeks to become lead plaintiff in a case in which she seeks more than $5 million in damages on behalf of "tens of thousands" of consumers allegedly defrauded by the company and one of its partners.

To arouse consumer interest and create the urgency to buy gift certificates, Defendant Rue La La offers deals for a limited amount of time—usually a 24-48 hour period. This creates a "shopping frenzy" among consumers who feel pressured to purchase gift certificates as quickly as possible.

In her complaint, Mirabella says that on July 5 of last year, she bought a coupon for Fitness Together in Boston, but "was unable to redeem the gift certificate" before it expired on Oct. 31.

Mirabella points to the Massachusetts gift-certificate law, which begins:

Artwork packed up for trip to Groton studio.

Over the weekend, volunteers dismantled the Charlestown Bells - the colorful series of bells across the Charles River Damn that once let you ring out across the river but which had fallen into disrepair in recent years. They were taken to a studio in Groton, where, over the summer, they'll be restored to working order. J.J. Gilmartin, who took the photos in this post, explains: