Bite Size News

--Part of the Storrow Drive tunnel is closed for repairs. Here's the scoop from the AP: "Through Sunday, officials say one eastbound lane of the tunnel will be closed to traffic from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Beginning January 2, the work will be shifted to the overnight hours from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m." [Boston Herald]

--The Massachusetts State Lottery is considering selling scratch tickets at Dunkin' Donuts. Is nothing sacred? [Boston Globe]

--Boston isn't the only city that has been lazy about shoveling the sidewalks. In Somerville, a wheelchair user writes, "I tried to go out a few days after the storm, but most sidewalks are a sheet of ice, and most curb cuts have huge mounds of snow covering them." [Somerville Journal]

--MIT has developed a "skintight" suit that astronauts may wind up wearing in space. [Boston Herald]

Image of the Colonnade Building at the Christian Science Plaza by AntyDiluvian from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.