--The Office of Health and Human Services has allowed the Judge Rotenberg Educational Center to use skin-shock treatments for another year, even after the incident in which a prank caller caused staff members to shock two of the center's residents. [WBZ]

--Yankee Swap turns Yankee Scrooge when two ex-friends fight over a lotto ticket. [Boston Herald]

--The Paradise might be sold to the same guy who owns Lir and Live Nation. [Boston Globe]

--Speaking of clubs changing hands, someone wants to lease the space vacated by Jimmy Tingle (we still miss you, man!) and turn it into a speakeasy. Would you be interested in this business opportunity? [Somerville Journal Blog / New Man]

--Yet more sales. In a story that has more resonance now that the Alpha Omega family has skipped town, the Globe interviews the owner of clothing chain Jasmine Sola to see why it went bust. [Boston Globe]

--Governor Deval Patrick announced that $5.1 million will go to antiviolence efforts. [Boston Globe]

--Nice review of the Liberty Hotel that makes it sound a bit Vegas-ish: "It’s a well-done theme hotel that plays its schtick to perfection, making you feel like one privileged inmate." [New York Times]

Snowed-in bike photo taken by Hargo from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.