Bite Size News, April 27: Various Types of Rats Edition

• Some blame Harvard's unfinished construction for the latest rat outbreak in Allston. [Boston Herald]
• Former Boston official is collection $162k per year as a consultant to the BRA -- on top of his $97k pension. [Hartford Courant]
• Ten people have been accused of embezzling $518k (or two years compensation of a BRA consultant) from the city of Malden. [Boston Channel]
• Republican-turned-independent Christy Mihos wants to be a republican again for next year's gubernatorial race. [WHDH]
• BU officials to the world: "The What-list Killer???" [Daily Free Press]
• A local Poe scholar's efforts pay off with "Poe Square" commemorated today near Boston Common. [Boston Globe]
• Hundreds attended "Save the Globe" rally. [Boston Business Journal]
• A global yacht race sailed into Boston yesterday. [Boston Globe]

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