--Another "wintry mix" is already heading into town this evening to smack you in the face and mess up your drive home. Whoopee. [WBZ]

--MBTA fare machines refused credit cards this morning, right at the first of the month when people were trying to add money. Read what T riders did about it. Bostonist has been down this ugly road before. [Boston Globe]

--A man died overnight after he was speeding through the Sumner Tunnel and crashed into a wall. Three passengers sustained minor injuries. [Boston Herald]

--The US Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a decision to toss out a court case brought by parents in Lexington who were stunned--stunned!--that the schools would discuss same-sex parents. [WCVB, background: Bostonist]

--The wreckage of a 19th-century ship washed up on Wellfleet during the recent major storm. [Boston Globe]

--Actor Kal Penn, aka "White Castle Kumar," has descended upon the local schools in support of Barack Obama. If only Neil Patrick Harris were hot on his trail ... [BU Daily Free Press, Boston Daily]

"Exit to Dartmouth" by derequito from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.