Boston Blotter: Biohazards at Boston University?

--Smoke filled a Boston University lab yesterday morning, prompting an evacuation. This wouldn't have been such big news if it weren't for the biomedical lab's experiments on infectious "rabbit fever." The Globe proved it was a master of understatement with the following sentence: "[The incident renews] concern about the danger of studying potentially deadly pathogens in a densely populated area."

No kidding.

--The BPD held a press conference to help find missing sailor Dustin Willis. The Coast Guard and other officials have found a clue as to his whereabouts – they pulled a body from near the New England Aquarium this afternoon. The body has not yet been identified.

--A truly disgusting crime that makes you wonder "Where the hell do these people come from?" took place in New Bedford. People broke into a man's home and yanked off his prosthetic leg. And then they started beating on him. Some of the suspects have been rounded up. Somehow, we don't think they would have been as brave if they were attacking someone will full use of his limbs.

--In Brighton on Sunday night, a guy who was trying to sleep while his roommates threw a party had a novel response. Instead of telling them to turn it down, pulling the plug on the stereo, or calling the cops, he smashed a bottle over his roommate's head.

--A guy kicked a woman in the stomach on Monday night on Boylston Street. She just walked past him, and he kicked her in the stomach. Police took him in, so that's a little less crazy on the streets, we guess.

--The Level 3 sex offender who killed a woman and her 12-year-old daughter in Woburn in 2004 has been convicted of the crime. The Herald reports that he will get an "automatic sentence of life without parole." This is a landmark case, as the state implemented new rules to keep better track of sex offenders.

All charges alleged until proven under law. Image of Biohazard record from Allmusic.com.