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--Dr. Judah Folkman, who found a new way of fighting cancer by cutting off blood supply to tumors, died yesterday. [Boston Globe]

--After one meeting ended unsuccessfully, the Cambridge City Council decided that Denise Simmons would be mayor. [Cambridge Chronicle]

--The judge in a Florida case involving former FBI agent/Friend-of-Whitey-Bulger John J. Connolly has recused herself. [Boston Herald]

--Coyote ugly: An injured coyote was spotted and rounded up last night in the North End. The poor critter may have been hit by a car and is now being treated at Tufts veterinary school. Oh, and they've been spotted in Cambridge, too. [Boston Globe, Metaboston]

--A kind message for East Boston residents: Shovel your damn sidewalks! [Fabulously Out There]

--For your entertainment: Bradley's Almanac posted mp3's from the Kristin Hersh/Tanya Donnelly reunion last year at the Brattle Theatre. [Bradley's Almanac]

--For your entertainment and not safe for work, thank you: A Barstool Sports reader sent in an image of a certain body part that had been drawn in the snow upon the Christian Science Reflecting Pool. Bostonist would have shown it, but we want you to keep your jobs. [Barstool Sports, larger version: Flickr]

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