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-- 40-year-old Bernard Piscopo was sentenced to six years in jail today after being convicted in the brutal 2007 slaying of Adam Rich. Piscopo, who suffers from multiple sclerosis, swore that he did not kill Rich during a ballroom brawl in South Boston's Six House bar. The court decided differently. Rich died from seven stab wounds, including an 8-inch-deep stab through the heart. [Herald]

--A woman from Andover bit the arm of a State trooper after the trooper tried to help her out. Annhil Medeiros, who is, according to the Herald, the wife of a "Cape Cod golf pro" and who allegedly fancies herself rather important, blew out two tires in the Tip O'Neill tunnel. Trooper Jane Kennedy showed up to help, but Medeiros interpreted Kennedy's presence differently: “I want your license!” Medeiros - dressed in a business suit...

--Adam Rich, the man who was killed in the now-infamous 6 House bar brawl, was allegedly involved in a hate-crime beating before he was killed. Rich was one of the suspects in a crime in which four white men beat up a white woman – the sister of one of the men - and her black boyfriend. Laurel Sweet at the Herald writes, “You (expletive) (expletive), what you doing in Southie?” are among the epithets...

The 6 House, the South Boston bar that was shut down after Adam Rich of Revere was killed in a bar brawl, has reopened. The city shut it down, not just because of the stabbing but because they had Whitey Bulger flashbacks, since the bar used to be a Bulger haunt. But the city has finally realized that a bar brawl doesn't mean The 6 House is Whitey's old place, so they've given a...

Talk about needless panic, city brass of Boston. We let your sensitivity slide during the whole Aqua Teen Hunger Force lite-brite incident because not everyone knew what Aqua Teen was and all. The city has shut down The 6 House. The Boston Licensing Board shut down the bar and suspended its license. But why would you close The 6 House because of a bar fight with a bad ending? The 6 House is not...

--The BPD met a pirate!! Well, kinda. A drunk alleged aspiring pirate broke into a boat on Rowes Wharf. Swashbuckling police officers were more than ready for some watery adventure, so they hopped aboard, searched the boat, and discovered an "intoxicated" man whose drunkenness overwhelmed his pirate dreams. They found the guy sleeping underneath a table. Best of all is the BPD's title for the event: "A-HOY THERE!!!" --Bernard Piscopo's lawyer has offered up a...

--More details have emerged about the stabbing death of Adam Rich at The 6 House Bar in South Boston. The fatal fight started over spilled beer. A witness, the victim's best friend, said someone spilled beer on the victim, and the fight got out of control. The victim's best friend is also an Iraq War vet, and he saved some choice words for the murderer: “Whoever did this is the new breed of scumbag who...