--Some hot dogs are just too hot to handle, at least in Franklin. Two women, Stacey Bower and Sonjalea Katz, were selling "hottie dogs," and the town commissioner stopped it because they didn't have the right permit. The Milford Daily News has a picture of Katz and Bower. Their food van is indeed named "hottie dogs," and they are wearing tank tops, but we can't for the life of us understand what is so threatening......

Police blew the dust off a 1995 murder. In 1995, Bobby Mendes was stabbed to death, and police captured the man who may be his killer today at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. Arnaldo "Nardo" Lopes had changed his name and had just returned from a Jamaica vacation. Mendes' mother, Isaura Mendes, became a community activist and later lost a second son to violence. In response to the arrest, she said, "I don't hate anyone. I just......

Usually we use the Wednesday Webcast to listen to local podcasts and give our opinion on them in the form of a review and rating. This week, Bostonist thought we would take a break to mention one particular episode of a podcast that is produced on the other side of the Atlantic. The story begins with the murder of Bobby Mendes in Boston back in 1995. Isaura Mendes lost her son and Alex Mendes lost......