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Fire officials: Careless smoker caused five-alarm Allston fire that made woman jump from third-floor window

The Boston Fire Department reports investigators have concluded the five-alarm fire that totaled 62-64 Quint Ave. and sent a woman to the hospital with critical injuries, was the rsult of "careless disposal of smoking material, specifically, a cigarette on a couch on the first floor front porch."


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DA: Man murdered over pot stash while girlfriend, kids were next door

Prosecutors charged today that Oasis Pritchett fatally shot Alfonso Rivas in the head while trying to rob Rivas of a stash of pot in Rivas's Codman Square apartment on Oct. 17.

Pritchett, who survived getting shot in the chest in 2009, was ordered held without bail at his arraignment today in Dorchester District Court.

The Suffolk County District Attorney's office says Pritchett and another man - still at large - decided to steal Rivas's pot stash in his Lyndhurst Street apartment:

Cell phone records show that Rivas took a phone call just before he was slain, Knight told the court, and surveillance images from the building show Pritchett and the second man speaking on a cell phone as they entered 14 Lyndhurst St. The surveillance images also show Pritchett and the second man fleeing four minutes later.

Knight said surveillance images and Charlie Card records track Pritchett from Lyndhurst Street to an MBTA station and onto a bus that took him past the murder scene. In a post-Miranda statement, Pritchett allegedly admitted that he was present at the scene.

Rivas, whose girlfriend and children were in an adjoining apartment during the shooting, was transported to Boston Medical Center where he was later pronounced dead.

Innocent, etc.


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Herald learns why you should never launch a brand-new Web site on a weekday

BostonHerald.com is now powered by Drupal. You go, you crazy open-source-loving fiends, you! But, um, the site (hosted by the Burlington-based Acquia, whose founder came up with Drupal) is lapsing in and out of consciousness this afternoon as they work out the kinks in their new cloud-based Drupal server farm.


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Panerafication of Boston continues, but with a twist

The sandwich and baked-goods chain is building a new outlet at 3 Center Plaza, across from City Hall, which is good for certain City Hall denizens who are now forced to walk all the way over to High Street on the Greenway for their coffee, bagels and WiFi.

Unlike the High Street and Back Bay outlets, however, this will be a Panera Cares, where you pay only what you think you can afford:

Panera Cares Cafes do not have prices. Instead, we provide suggested donation amounts to help customers understand what it will take for us to operate these cafes and be self-sufficient. In the end, it is up to the customer to decide what to contribute into our donation bins. Those without any means to contribute have the option of donating an hour of their time to volunteering in our cafes in exchange for a meal. In the end, our non-profit cafes can only survive if our communities support its mission and one another.

The Boston Licensing Board formally considers Panera Care's request for a food-serving license at a hearing next Wednesday in its eighth-floor hearing room in City Hall.


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Food co-op hopes to harvest beer and wine license for new Forest Hills location

The Harvest Co-Op, whose sign recently went up on the new Washington Street building where it's planning a new outlet, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next week to seek a license to sell beer and wine along with its groceries.

Hearings start at 10 a.m. in the board's eighth-flooring hearing room at City Hall.


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Sounds like dinner service: Original Rox Diner seeks license for beer and wine

Rox Diner, 1881 Centre St. in West Roxbury, goes before the Boston Licensing Board next Wednesday for permission to offer beer and wine.

Rox Diner, which grew out of a small breakfast-and-lunch place called Auntie Bea's, already serves beer and wine with dinner at its Newtonville location.


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Alleged dumbass of the week: Steals girl's phone, then uploads photos of himself to her Facebook account

Wilmer Velazquez, who lists East Boston and South Boston addresses, was arraigned on a charge of armed robbery after he allegedly stole a 15-year-old teen's phone at knifepoint, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Velazquez, 19, was ordered held in lieu of $5,000 bail at his arraignment in East Boston District Court, the DA's office says.

Prosecutors say his victim was playing with her yournger brother in the playground at Bremen Street Park in East Boston around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 18 when two guys came up to her:

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Strollercat is so yesterday; say hello to Trainturtle

Trainturtle

MBCR, which runs the T's commuter trains, tweets somebody left a turtle on one of its trains now and that it's now looking for an aquarium or school to take him in. And no, wise guy, they're not going to adopt him as a mascot.

H/t Kat Hasenauer for coming up with his/her name.


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Mystery Boston: Where was it? Hint: Not downtown


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