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By adamg - 10/15/12 - 7:32 pm

The Globe reports Mayor Menino wants the state to fork over $15 million for the costs of supervising all those drug suspects being freed thanks to former state employee Annie Dookhan.

By adamg - 10/15/12 - 8:59 am

Simmons College suspectWhat kind of aftershave do you think he wears?

By adamg - 10/14/12 - 9:47 am

You'd almost think Cody Ross and Will Middlebrooks pissed on home plate at Fenway or something last night. Both were watching the Yankees/Tigers game and both tweeted their amazement/admiration for Raul Ibanez's ninth-inning home run.

And parts of Red Sox Nation lost their collective mind.

Last night, Ross tweeted, simply:

Ibañez!

Middlebrooks was even more effusive:

This is simply insane... #raul

Raul Ibanez is the St Louis Cardinals funneled into one man.

By adamg - 10/13/12 - 2:17 pm

Why the Internet was invented.

Angry Dan wonders if maybe the Museum of Bad Art should put in a bid, to replace its stolen Velvet Crying Elvis.

By adamg - 10/12/12 - 10:42 pm

Noah Sachs forwards a link to these photos, taken by his friend Lars, who was out on the harbor today and took a series of shots as they got closer to that poor dead whale that's still just lying on the shore of a harbor island.

By adamg - 10/12/12 - 9:01 pm

The Swellesley Report alerts us to ghosting, in which people sneak up on a front door, leave some treats, then ring the bell and run away.

By adamg - 10/12/12 - 7:35 pm

For years, our own Boloco has sold a Nutella milkshake. Soon, no more. Seems Big Hazelnut objects to the use of the name, to the point of threatening legal action, so Boloco's now looking for alternative, preferably locally sourced, hazelnut spreads.

Andrew Sellars, a lawyer, explains why Boloco could actually have a case, although he allows as how it's probably not worth all the trouble - and legal fees. Still, he adds:

By adamg - 10/12/12 - 9:10 am

Granted, it's atop Mt. Washington, but never fear, the National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for eastern Massachusetts for tonight:

THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS ARE ADVISED TO HARVEST OR PROTECT TENDER VEGETATION. ALSO...POTTED PLANTS NORMALLY LEFT OUTDOORS SHOULD BE COVERED OR BROUGHT INSIDE AWAY FROM THE COLD.

By adamg - 10/11/12 - 6:05 pm

The Boston Business Journal reports scalpers are trying to cash in on tickets for upcoming appearances by the Dalai Lama. No, the Boston Business Journal is not trying to compete with the Onion.

By adamg - 10/11/12 - 5:05 pm

The Globe reports as many as 200 cases in federal court may have been tainted by everybody's favorite drug chemist.

By adamg - 10/11/12 - 12:53 pm

SpitterMBTA Transit Police report they are looking for a man who spit at a T bus driver around 2:30 p.m. on Oct.

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 9:48 pm

Members of the Boston Teachers Union voted 695-5 tonight to accept a deal worked out with the city, the union reports.

By jonallen - 10/10/12 - 4:48 pm

The 36-hour Giving Common Challenge is going on now (until 8PM today)! Help Bikes Not Bombs win $25,000!
Bikes Not Bombs is excited to announce that we are participating in a 36-hour challenge, from 8am today until 8pm tomorrow, hosted by the Giving Common, a new initiative of the Boston Foundation. To celebrate the launch of the Giving Common website, they are giving out over $150,000 in prizes to Massachusetts-based nonprofit organizations!

Bikes Not Bombs is fortunate to have such a large network of grassroots supporters. With your help, we have a real shot at winning the grand prize for the most unique donations during the 36-hour period - $25,000!. Second place gets $12,000 and third place gets $10,000. BNB is a small organization that is making a big difference every day. To us, $25,000 would be transformational!

Now is the time to show your support for Bikes Not Bombs and make a gift! Each gift must be $25 or more and each person can only donate to BNB one time. All donations must be made online through BNB’s page on the Giving Common website by 5pm tomorrow!

Make your gift, spread the word on facebook and twitter, and check the leaderboard throughout the event to see how BNB is doing! Here is the link to Bikes Not Bombs’ direct page - please share it far and wide!

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 12:18 pm

Boston Police report arresting six men, ages 20 through 46, on a charge of enticement of a person under 18 after they allegedly tried to hook up with some online girls who turned out to be police officers.

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 11:08 am

Ned Bachelder, who organizes a local get-together of programmers who use Python, was getting tired of trying to figure out how to feed the herd. So he's written a script he calls pizza.py to give him an answer.

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 10:40 am

Updated to reflect the fact that while O'Neill's term expires, he hasn't indicated that he wants to retire from the School Committee.

Boston School Committee member Michael O'Neill's term expires in January and the mayor is looking for people who might want to fill his seat - although O'Neill could also reapply for the position.

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 7:48 am

Seems a Bostonian abroad was returning home when he was stopped at LAX and arrested on charges of carrying a variety of interesting items in his luggage (a smoke grenade, body bags, handcuffs, a biohazard suit, billy clubs, knives and more), although what caught the attention of customs agents was his unusual attire: Body armor and flame retardant pants under a trench coat.

By adamg - 10/10/12 - 6:47 am

The Herald, natch, loves it some schadenfreude over a spat between Dennis Lehane and the Globe over a review - which the Globe corrected - that originally took Lehane to task for portraying a character in a new book as a magical Negro, when, in fact, the character is white.

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