--The Turnpike Authority is giving you a choice: Bitch about traffic during the day while they do roadwork, or pay up for it if it gets done at night. [WBZ]

--If you were feeling icky about horse racing after the gruesome death of Kentucky Derby runner-up Eight Belles, you're not going to like this: Horse manure from Suffolk Downs has been running into a Boston Harbor tributary. [Boston Herald]

--The Federal Aviation Administration is balking at the prospect of the 1,000-foot-tall "Menino Skyscraper," which would have been Boston's tallest building. [Boston Globe]

--No, not the wine! A wine truck crashed on Route 128 this morning. [WBZ]

--Heidi Watney, replacement for Tina Cervasio on NESN, hasn't been around for long, and she's already making news. Apparently someone in Fresno, CA, doesn't like her. [Red Sox Monster]

--NSTAR has gotten approval to sell wind energy produced in New York and Maine (but not, thank god, Cape Cod--we need our views). Thank goodness for this opportunity--we just didn't know what to do with all our extra money now that our heating bills are finally decreasing. [NSTAR]

Image of spring doing its thing--finally!--in Southwest Corridor Park by AntyDiluvian from photos tagged "Bostonist" on Flickr.