--A student from Hingham died early this morning after "he apparently jumped out the 17th-floor window of a dormitory" at UMass-Amherst. [Boston Globe, tip board]

--Governor Deval Patrick is preparing to tighten the state's belt if tax revenues don't hold steady. [AP/Boston Globe]

--It took sky-high gas prices for it to happen, but more people are riding the MBTA. Now we'll see how the MBTA holds up with the rise in riders and if that eases their budget troubles, if at all. [Boston Globe]

--Speaking of environment-friendly transportation, Cambridge is getting six new hybrid taxicabs. [Cambridge Chronicle]

--Boston University students, 1; Record labels, 0. [WCVB]

--Sweet Finnish closed on Wednesday, and no one saw it coming. [Jamaica Plain Gazette

Nothing spookier than an empty laundromat. Image taken in Arlington by Remy Thornton from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.