--People marched yesterday in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Steven Odom, a 13-year-old who was shot and killed in random gunfire. [Boston Globe]

--Michael P. Lewis, former head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, was fired. He didn't retire. Yet he gets a pension of $72,578 a year. And people wonder why this state is broke? [Boston Globe]

--Christopher McCowen, the man convicted for killing fashion writer Christa Worthington in Truro, will not get a new trial, despite accusations that some of the jurors made racist comments. [WBZ]

--This piece was inevitable. A bunch of women in their late 20s and early 30s can't wait to let their inner preteen out now that the New Kids on the Block have returned. [Boston Globe]

--Greed and the Green Monster. The Red Sox has been auctioning off Green Monster tickets, and fans who can't drop obscene amounts on tickets aren't happy about it. Apparently this nation is in steep economic decline, but some people can afford $3,116 for a Green Monster ticket. [Boston Herald]

--"Greater Boston" host Emily Rooney's first foray into blogging didn't go smoothly. [Brighton Centered]

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