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Wonkette.com reports rumors that Al Gore is "on the shortlist" for presidency of Northeastern University. Gore could bring the "big name" to help with jumpstart fundraising at the school where the fundraising has been in a slump. Deans and professors really are the academic backbone to the University machine – the post of President is largely regarded as a handshaking titular head, responsible for bringing in the bucks. Current President of Northeastern, Richard M. Freeland, intends to step down after the academic year wraps up.

Bostonist wonders if we’re the only one that caught the Metro’s mistake in yesterday’s edition. Ok, ok, one of the errors in yesterday's edition – the free daily contains almost as many problems as you'll find on this site. Yesterday on page 2, the headline in the right-hand column reads "Snelgrove remembered at Northeastern commencement". The article, however, tells us about how Victoria Snelgrove, the Emerson student fatally shot (with a "less lethal" pepper pellet)...

Bostonist was sitting in the stands for last night's game, as you may have read. We realize that some of you probably weren’t following all of the lead-up in the press, but this game was kind of a big deal. It marked the return of Johnny Damon to Fenway for the first time since he went to the Yankees, an act seen by some as selling your soul to the devil. It marked the return...

The Red Sox are making their way through a series with Tampa Bay before they come back home to take on the Yanks. It is still a long haul until we start getting nervous about every time they lose a game (which they’ve been doing a lot of lately). There have been a few items of Red Sox news this past week that don’t actually relate to baseball:

For some Haymarket is just a mess that leaves a sticky pile of mashed fruits and veggies on the street Saturday night, to others it’s a weekly stop for produce at the cheapest prices in town. We like to take a trip down the strip of vendors to get a gauge of what’s going on, Haymarket can afford you decent quality produce at a great price – even if three of every ten might be...