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The reports are just rolling off the presses as details are released but it seems that two individuals were involved in an altercation that ended up with a stabbing on one of the Orange Line trains as it was in Back Bay Station. Riders were shuttled from New England Medical to Mass Ave and Back Bay Station remained closed for almost two hours as the investigation into the incident was conducted. It's the second...

Before we start we need to say two things: don't try this yourself and it's good that he's doing alright. Fifteen year old Jake Todaro jumped off a moving commuter train yesterday outside of Natick when the train began the express route to Back Bay Station. To the experienced rider of the MBTA Commuter Rail the system may seem perfectly navigable and phrases like "running express" may be synonymous with running without any stops – to the optimist it may just mean they're going to go faster between each stop. Poor Todaro wasn't quite sure what was going on and panicked when he discovered the train he was on was going to go much further than he wanted to go. According to the Boston Globe there's a bit of a he said, she said debate about what the MBTA conductors actually communicated to Todaro when he embarked on his journey. Maybe they were unclear in their communications, maybe he didn't understand what they were saying, didn't quite grasp the implications, or maybe he just ignored it with a teenage arrogance. There isn't much reason to speculate. His encounter with gravel while traveling at 25 or 30 miles per hour has left him a bruised and stitched man, and perhaps a bit wiser. The best line in the Globe article comes at the end: "Asked if he would do it again, Todaro replied: 'Are you serious?'"

Every time Bostonist walks from the Back Bay Station to the Prudential Stop on the E line there are one or more people taking pictures of the fountain. This week there was a couple in full formal attire against the fountain in “the Shops at Copley Place” but that was unusual. Often times there is just a single girl with some guy taking her picture, or, even more frequently, digital shutters snap pictures of a flowing wall of water. Apologies to the tourists trying to capture this image, but it is just really not feasible to reroute and avoid this photo op. Sure, when Bostonist is walking in front of Paul Revere House we’ll get out of the way so that the tourist can take an unabridged picture of the historic site. Unfortunately mall fountains do not fall on the list of protected spaces. This isn’t a call to say stop taking those pictures, no, go right ahead, feel free, just don’t expect the flow of traffic to try and find some way around your camera angle. Undoubtedly countless Copley Security folks are pictured in these Boston keepsakes.