The Globe releases a survey of top workplaces in the state. Bostonist is overlooked again! [Boston Globe] Congressman Barney Frank joked about Bill O'Reilly and republicans on NPR's "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" [Boston Herald] The City of Worcester wants local colleges and frats to chip in some cash for what must be excessive stupidity. For example, police responses are averaging more than 650 per year. [Telegram & Gazette] An Amtrak Acela train fatally struck......

As more concerns rise about the Big Dig bolts, the Green Line goes on the fritz, and the fact that our tunnels don't have sprinklers, Amtrak is adding its own small voice to the mix. Amtrak must replace railroad ties made of concrete that is starting to crack. The company says that replacing the ties will cost "tens of millions of dollars." Here's the insulting part--Amtrak put the ties in during the 1990s. They should......

-- Former "Most Eligible Bachelor," and now infamous sleazeball, Gary Zerola has been acquitted of kidnapping and attempted rape by a jury after less than a day of deliberation. He still faces other charges. However charges that he's a major creep still pending in the court of public opinion. [Boston Globe] -- An already odd case continues to grow stranger amid reports that the tragic deaths of Marcelle Thibault and her niece and nephew......

MBTA General Manager Dan Grabauskas is on vacation in Thailand, which is in itself not a crime. However, the Herald is reporting that Grabauskas left for vay-cay as an Amtrak strike looms. But is it a story? Rarely do we defend the MBTA, but Joe Pesaturo at the MBTA noted that the earliest time a strike can take place is January 30. Then again, a possible strike would be a "giant snowball of crappiness" for......