John M. Sullivan, 42, of 11 Victory Rd., then also learned that if there is no armed man breaking down your door, you could get yourself arrested, police say.

Police say Sullivan called 911 around 12:05 a.m. today:

Officers, based on the nature, responded to the call with lights and sirens and immediately made their way to the caller's apartment. At the apartment door, officers, with their weapons drawn, were met by the caller and who exclaimed, "There is no gun, I just wanted you guys here quicker!"

A drunken Sullivan, police say, really wanted police to deal with a neighbor who allegedly "bangs on his door and thinks that he owns the building!" Sullivan, police say, began to scream racial epithets about the neighbor, drawing neighbors out of their apartments, which cops really hate. When Sullivan refused to go quietly back into his apartment, and instead continued to rant, he was arrested on a charge of disturbing the peace.

Innocent, etc.

Got my car inspected earlier today. As it is model year 1999, I was only expecting the safety check. Therefore, in reading the inspection report, I was suprised to learn they had also done an emissions check as well (BTW, the car passed both safety and emissions fine)

Just checked out the MassRMV "Vehicle Check" inspections page and come to find out that, sure enough, the old "safety every year, emissions every other year" inspection system has been eliminated. So both safety and emissions checks are now required at every inspection cycle.

Now, did I somehow miss prior announcements about this change, or is this indeeed something the RMV had slipped under the radar when nobody was watching?

No, not to iPhones or Droids or something. But to motorcycles and sea kayaks.

It also works in reverse: One guy who owns a BMX bike wants to trade for a BlackBerry - seems an unfortunate accident has made him too scared to ever get back on it. Another guy would trade eight BMW tires for one.

Thanks to Matthew for the tip.

OK, so, yeah, our Suffolk County District Attorney got to announce the arrest of the Back Street Bandit, a guy who allegedly dressed up as a member of the Jonas Brothers of the '90s to rob banks north of Boston. And, OK, so they also nabbed Rolando Gala for alleged possession with intent to distribute of heroin and Clonazepam - and a judge revoked his bail on earlier charges involving an armed home invasion.

But the other Suffolk County, the one in New York, got to announce a bank robbery by Darth Vader. True, he used a gun instead of a light saber, and people in the bank apparently didn't even believe he was for real until he threatened to use a little force on them. But he wore a cape. Given that many of our bank robbers are either too stupid to cover their faces or limit themselves to Red Sox caps, you have to give this one to New York.

Vader photos.

Innocent, etc.