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By adamg - 8/10/12 - 2:07 pm

Harvard University Police report a woman was raped in the Yard around 3:15 a.m. today.

The victim was grabbed as she entered the Yard through the Johnston Gate and was pulled behind Massachusetts Hall and attacked.

The victim described the offender as a very tanned, possible Hispanic male, mid-twenties, 5'7" in height, medium build, dark hair, wearing a white shirt.

By adamg - 8/7/12 - 7:52 am

Cambridge Day reports on a Cambridge City Council vote yesterday that effectively blocks a proposal to replace the All Asia block into a new building for a biotech company.

By adamg - 7/31/12 - 8:59 am

Genzyme, which makes a drug to treat a rare genetic disease, yesterday filed a federal lawsuit against a competitor that issued a press release saying its analogous drug is superior.

By adamg - 7/29/12 - 11:23 am

North Point Bridge

By adamg - 7/25/12 - 8:33 am

The Globe reports car traffic in Kendall Square is dropping even as employment is increasing. Credit goes to employer incentives for bike riding and T taking - spurred by city regulations that require landlords to foster car alternatives in exchange for permission to build new parking spaces.

By adamg - 7/24/12 - 5:56 pm

In the early 1960s, MIT professor Kevin Lynch did a three-minute time-lapse movie of a car trip from Cambridge to Brookline. Now somebody's recreated the ride on a bicycle.

Via Bostonography.

By adamg - 7/23/12 - 3:29 pm

Nature reports on some interesting work done by a team of researchers at Harvard and Mass. General, who found inspiration at the jellyfish exhibit at the New England Aquarium.

By adamg - 7/22/12 - 11:05 am

The Harvard University police log has the following entry for July 18:

Officer dispatched to take a report of a stolen unattended and unsecured pair of fruit of the Loom underwear valued at $5.00.

By adamg - 7/19/12 - 6:05 pm

After the storm

Tim Sackton photographed the post-storm sky over Cambridge yesterday.

By adamg - 7/17/12 - 8:22 pm

The Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that four men convicted of first-degree murder for the beating and stabbing death of Io Nachtwey in 2001 got a fair trial.

The ruling means the four men - all frequent visitors to the area behind the Harvard Square T stop, as was their victim - will spend the rest of their lives in prison for murdering Nachtwey on the train bridge across the Charles by the BU Bridge. Two other Pit habitues received reduced sentences in exchange for their testimony against the four.

By adamg - 7/17/12 - 5:40 pm

Cambridge Day reports on the recovery of a statue that disappeared from Cambridge Rindge and Latin during renovations. The statue is by Cyrus Dallin, best known locally for his "Appeal to the Great Spirit" in front of the MFA and Paul Revere in the North End.

By adamg - 7/16/12 - 9:38 am

The Globe reports the T is rolling out a credit-card system at the parking facilities at four large subway parking facilities and one commuter-rail stop this month.

By adamg - 6/27/12 - 3:26 pm

State Police announced today they've terminated Adam Paicos, a trooper caught off duty driving the wrong way on Memorial Drive in April. In a statement, State Police add:

On a date in May, Paicos was observed by a senior command officer engaged in further conduct unbecoming a state trooper, also while off-duty. Paicos was still on probationary employment status when the incidents occurred. The internal investigation into the Memorial Drive incident is ongoing.

By Anonymous - 6/27/12 - 3:01 pm

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By adamg - 6/25/12 - 9:09 am

Cambridge Police report that an overnight investigation showed that a guy who initially reported he'd been shot in a drive-by on Rindge Avenue around 11:50 p.m. in fact shot himself in the leg. Police say they recovered a spent shell casing and two guns.

By adamg - 6/21/12 - 9:46 am

A third-rail problem on the Kendall side of the Longfellow means delays in both directions on the Red Line, as in, power had to be shut off between Park and Kendall so workers can fix it. At 9:41 a.m., Alice B tweeted:

Just deboarded at Central. Red line inbound not moving due to 3rd rail fail at Kendall. No inbound trains for at least 20 min

UPDATE: T announced at 9:52 a.m. the problem was fixed and that service was resuming, with, of course, the ever popular "residual delays."

By adamg - 6/21/12 - 6:45 am

The Crimson reports the Loews chain is shutting the Harvard Square movie theater forever on July 8.

Drew muses:

Great opportunity for Kendall or Davis theaters to step up for the Rocky Horror kids. Much needed social outlet for many teens.

By adamg - 6/20/12 - 8:28 am

Oh, Harvard: The Crimson reports a construction company doing work on campus has taken down a sign asking workers to "show respect for Harvard" and refrain from swearing, drinking and drug use while on the job, after future 1%ers protested that the sign was just so patronizing and patriarchal.

Avinaash Subramaniam '14 said that he was "shocked" by the sign and that it held workers to a different standard than Harvard students.

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