John from Cambridge filed this report this afternoon:

Just got back from lunch at Mr. Bartley's in Harvard Sq. where Food Network is recording an episode of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives. They had fill
lights all around the restaurant and everyone had to sign release forms before leaving. When we left at 12:45, the standard block-long line had formed outside. No sign of Guy Fieri.

Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Arrest of Henry Louis Gates, Jr.

Via Kisrael.com

Also, further proof of just how wonderful the Interwebs are comes when you look at how quickly somebody registered a domain name based on the incident.

And now he thinks he can get back to health care.

Cambridge Police Commissioner Robert Haas said this afternoon the city is setting up a panel of "independent notable professionals" to study what happened between Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley last Thursday at Gates's Ware Street home.

Haas emphasized, however, that he stands behind Crowley and that nothing he has seen has convinced him that Crowley acted in anything less than a professional manner when he responded to a report of a possible housebreak.

"I do not believe in any way that his interactions were racially motivated," he said. He said every incident can be a learning experience and that the panel would be given full access to department records to come up with recommendations on how to avoid a similar situation in the future.

Also, the department takes great pride in its professionalism in a multiculti city and so was "deeply hurt" by Obama's comments about how stupidly it acted.

Sgt. Crowley tells Channel 5 he's not apologizing. And so it goes.

No power on the 71, 72 and 73 lines in Cambridge. The T says it's replacing them with diesel buses for the nonce, but in the meantime, Mt. Auburn Street is a mess, Victoria Welch tweets:

big traffic snares and road rage.

The general mess there is probably affecting other bus routes through Harvard Square, such as the 77; Marcy tweeted at 6:39 p.m.:

Been waiting 21 mins. for the Evil77 that's supposed to come every 5 or less & a crowd was waiting when I arrived.

She later updates us that a bus finally came after 39 minutes - and naturally didn't have enough room for everybody who was waiting to get home.

Here.

Via.

16WadeSt photographs kids sitting atop the T stop in Harvard Square.

Copyright 16WadeSt. Posted in the Universal Hub Flickr pool.

The Crimson reports on the indictment of the Jewish student group's accountant.