Sweet Tosca wall hanging photographed by Paul Keleher Short on funds? Call Empire Loan! [Herald] Long on hair? Get the pet-friendly Roomba! [Globe] We're sending a billion to Georgia. [NYT] A "mentally ill" gunman shot several people in Washington state yesterday, killing six. [CNN] Boston magazine rates local schools. [WBZTV]......

Our own sushiesque captures the delish The Davis Square livejournal group raised $1350 for the homeless. And what is your guild doing for charity? [Somerville Journal] Entry for the Boston Marathon begins tomorrow... iiiiif you qualify. [WBZTV] Great White band pays $1 million in damages to club fire victims' families. [Herald] Gas prices are continuing to drop. [WCVB] Catholic school enrollment is up--as much as 50% at one Gloucester school. Ironic much? [Globe] Chrome......

[Allston water gun fight photos tagged Bostonist by cden4] Hillary unleashes the hounds. Or delegates. Or something. Whatever, it's for Obama. [Globe] Harvard-Gawker-Phoenix-Hub racist police officer controversy exPLODES! [Gawker, Phoenix, Universal Hub] You'll have to go to Nashville for nice bathrooms; the one at Smith College didn't make the cut. [Boston Daily] U.S. to adopt international accounting standards. [NYT] Spain swims in tomatoes. [Globe] New Orleans is wary of Gustav. [CNN]......

[Yummy muffins photographed by hmmlargeart] Whole Foods makes you poor and fat with its expensive salad bar's giant containers. [Consumerist] Gustav visits Haiti. [CNN] Shockingly enough, requiring people to have health insurance increases the number of people who have health insurance. [Globe] Ad revenue for the NYT's New England Media Group (which includes the Globe) dropped almost 25% in one year. [Phoenix Mitt's in CO; no VP news. [Herald] Though their predecessors had to......

[August Moon lanterns photographed by gnarayan Newton fire chief might want to remove pot from car before having his firefighters clean it. [WCVB] Cambridge Birth Center delivered its 1000th baby last week. [Somerville Journal] High schoolers discover mislabeled fish in NYC. [NYT] Project Horizon, the most ambiguously named anything ever, debuts at Mohegan Sun next week. There's also a new drink: Windswept. Oooh! [Globe] France and U.S. say Russia not complying with cease fire.......

Lyette caught Boston reflected Oh noes, a night game! Allston residents fret about Harvard football from 7-10pm. Will it be the worst thing to ever happen in Allston? [Allston-Brighton TAB] Does Somerville have more tats than Allston? [Somerville Journal] Firefighter-turned-bodybuilder Albert Arroyo (no word on tattoos) still trying to get his job back. [Globe] Doctors can refuse to provide legal treatment. Goody. [AP via Herald] Nurses, however, can't get no respect. Or fair contracts.......

Image tagged Bostonist by dreamsrey 149 people died in a plane crash in Madrid. [AP via Globe] Herald-threatening Judge Ernest B. Murphy steps down. [Globe] Toby Keith is Shock'n us by praising Barack Obama. Is it April 1st or what? [Track Girls] That Bolt guy has a really good name for a runner. [NYT] Money-grubbin' John Buonomo suspended. [Herald]......

Suzanne Vega Documentary! Awesome! Still and doc from Chris Seufert Olympic medalist Shawn Johnson is made of both butter and gold. [KCCI] A new plan for development in Kenmore Square. [Herald] Donnie Wahlberg is not crying about being divorced. [TMZ] The Taliban attacked a U.S. military base, killing 10 French soldiers and wounding 21 others. [NYT] Russians detained Georgian soldiers. [NYT] If you want to feel really old, think about the incoming class of......

Image from lizkdc Shalane Flanagan of Marblehead won the bronze in the 10k. [Globe] Bush says Russia has to go. But has media coverage of this conflict been fair? [NYT] FBI confirms that Clark is Chris. [Globe] Anti-tax crusader rakes in the dough. Sorta. [Herald] Teens learn driving is a(n expensive) privilege, not a right. [Globe]......

Fruit of the future photographed and compiled by wickedcoolmatt Lesley University launches new ID card system. But is it hackable? [Cambridge Chronicle] Doogie Howser is on Hulu! There goes our free time. [Videogum] Deval Patrick signed a bill promoting green jobs, renewable energy, and emissions reduction. [Blue Mass Group] Luxury condo planners don't want to include affordable units. [Herald] The gunman who shot the chairman of the Arkansas Democratic Party has died following a......

John Edwards is a dirty rotten scoundrel. [ABC News] Some kind of games opened or something. [NYT] And people protested. [Globe] Whole Foods beef causes a whole mess of problems. [Wicked Local Cambridge] Somerville says no to pesticides. [Somerville Journal] In trouble? Settle for no trial. [NYT] Curl up with a dark and stormy tonight to match the weather. [Globe] Sidewalk art found by our own sushiesque......

Manny Ramirez and Tom Brady: a match made in... er... heaven? [Boston Daily - with freaky new interface!] Roller sandwiches from Roche Brothers and Sudbury Farms may be contaminated! [Dept. HHS] Split verdict on bin Laden's former driver. [NYT] Baby flamingos: not all that pink. [Globe] Gillette makes "cuts" in Mass. [Globe] Silk flowers photographed by AntyDiluvian......

Image tagged Bostonist by tprussman Iraq has $79 billion to burn. That could fund about 7 months of war. All right! [NYT] Young Iraqi Rakan Hassan, treated for US-inflicted gunshot wounds in Boston in 2005, has died after a bomb exploded in his hometown, Mosul. All wrong. [Globe] Brookline is really, really into The Dark Knight. Like bat-infestation really. [Wicked Local Brookline] DeVal Patrick signed a bill to fund bridge repair. [Globe] Kidnapping may......

Image tagged Bostonist by shoothead Get your Free Vicente Lebron t-shirt before they release him! [Somerville Blog] Coolidge Corner Arcade owner Earle Leeder has died. [Brookline TAB] What do John McCain, Paris Hilton, and Britney Spears have in common? Plenty, it turns out! [Jezebel] Watertown councilor Marilyn Devaney will get probation and apologize for her beauty store assault and battery charges. [Wicked Local Cambridge] Boston Magazine releases its "Best of Boston 2008" five months......

Interesting image by dreamsrey Foreclosures more than doubled in Massachusetts last year... [Globe] ...and house prices are rising. [Globe] Romney's panting for the veep spot. [Salon] China can't recognize human rights--or potty-train its kids. [Globe] We have the laziness gene... do you? [Time] Seuss-like Heart Robot likes hugs, is creepy. [Engadget]......

Colorful car image by Chris Devers Alaska senator Ted Stevens indicted on charges of corruption. [NYT] Home prices fell drastically in May. [Globe] Police have found a vehicle that may have been used in the Reigh Storrow Boss kidnapping. [Globe] Dan Grabauskas isn't the only MBTA employee driving to work in a publicly-funded car. [Herald] Nearly 150 years later, the House is on the verge of apologizing for slavery. And Jim Crow. Well, that'll......

Photo by Secretly Ironic Storms are kicking New Hampshire's butt. [Globe] Break out the boat, it's flooding time. [WBZTV] Commuter rail users may want to check for weather-related delays. [MBTA] You, too, can be an Olympian: in queuing. [Guardian] Ford lost nearly $9 billion last quarter. Maybe they oughta make their cars run on trash. [NYT] Beth Israel doctor suspended for "impairment" during surgery. [Herald] Cancer expert says cell phones may give you cancer.......

Photo by haydnseek Toscanini's has learned a lesson. [Wicked Local Cambridge] Do you want $10 million dollars? Just design an environmentally friendly jet fuel alternative! Piece of cake. [Guardian] The inconvenient truth is that we're probably not willing to reach Gore's lofty goals. [Globe] John Adams was nominated for a bazillion Emmys. The show, not the president. [Boston Daily] UMass Boston wants dorms. [Herald] Harvard is working to fix an ID card security flaw......

Image by gnarayan Posey moseys to Nawlins. [Herald] Barack will celebrate his birthday here. Are we invited? [Boston Daily] Even criminals like their triathlons. [Globe] The great Salmonella outbreak continues to strike. [Herald] The police are looking for a missing teenage girl. That's not really news. However, this missing girl is not blond or rich. Now that's news. [Herald] Bebeh penguins! Want! [Globe] JESUS SAVES. No, really. [Herald]......

Photo by minutemen1775 NASA wants pee. Lots of it. [Independent] Red line riders are seeing red--and rightfully so. [Globe] Marzilli can't stop... till he gets a pension? [Herald] The Pike is the new Fannie/Freddie. [Globe] No, you're not crazy--everything really is more expensive these days. [NYT]......

Longfellow Bridge photo by iMatthew 95 years after the fact, the Massachusetts Senate finally votes to repeal a law that was designed to prevent interracial marriage and recently functioned to prevent out-of-state gay marriage. About time. [Herald] I can haz better owner? [Herald, MSPCA] Dog racing ban wins spot on ballot. [Globe] Bush vetoed the Medicare bill Teddy came back to vote for. [Guardian] A great white shark washed up in Nantucket. [Globe] The......

Harvard prof says we can learn a lot from ants. [NYT] Farm aid to come to New England. Not actual aid, just the concert. [Globe] We love the headline "Asthma risk from pregnancy nuts." It means babies can get asthma if pregnant women eat lots of nuts, not that that idea is crazy, or that people wild about pregnancy can cause asthma. [BBC] Schools may be better for countries than bombs. Gasp! [NYT] New......

Image by Lily VS on Flickr Resist regulation, get into major debt, get bailed out. Sounds good. [Globe] Don't do it in December: August-born children are less likely to go to university. In the UK, at least. [Independent] Lowell got the keys to Lowell yesterday. [Herald] Gay Paree likes the idea of communal bikes--that you pay for. [NYT]......

Shark party photographed by Tassadara C Martha's Vineyard shark sighting a fake? [Globe] More West Nile Virus found in the state, this time in Brookline. [WBZTV] Another Tour de France, another positive drug test. [ESPN] Leaders of tough YMCA workout might want to rephrase their assertion that "everyone is mentally and physically challenged." [Wicked Local Allston] MGH is America's fifth best hospital; Brigham and Women's, #8. We are the only city with two hospitals......

SHARK! [Globe] iPHONE! [CNN/Fortune] Republicans think poor folks are whiners. Wait, is that news? [NYT] The Herald continues its tradition of reporting on things the Globe has already reported on, like: pets are expensive. [Herald] Can't get a job? Better fashion is the answer! (But don't make unique fashion choices if you're a police officer.) [Globe]......

Image tagged Bostonist by pappatom Iran missile photo appears doctored. [NYT] Feds say Frannie and Freddie are fine. [NYT] Dog tracks may become simulcast central if dog racing is banned. [Herald] Final Jeopardy featured a question about an MTV show last night. The world is over. [Gawker] Instead of retirement, Baby Boomers are getting new careers. [Globe] Disney has made a day spa for robots. Sorta. [Loaded Gun Boston]......

Karla Brooks Baehr is the new deputy education commissioner. [Herald] Zoos are fighting over who owns baby Knute--and who gets his revenue. [Guardian] We may repeal a law preventing out-of-staters from getting married here. [Globe] Midnight's Children is the best Booker book. [Independent] Cicada jewelry is creeping us out. [WBZTV] Kids under 8 must now be in car or booster seats in cars... or else. Traffic accidents are the #1 cause of death for......

Danilov Bells photographed by WBUR on Flickr Horses are expensive, and (like everything else) getting even more so. [Globe] City Hall may move to the aquarium, relocating the fishes to Southie. [Herald] Iran tested missiles today. [Globe] A Denver-Des Moines flight was delayed for six hours due to ticks and storms. An airline representative said, helpfully, "I don’t know if we’ll be able to find that out," regarding where the ticks came from. Great.......

Image tagged Bostonist by barnhizzle A Somerville band member has been detained on undisclosed charges for nearly two months. [Wicked Local] Hypermiling can help you save gas. (In a surprise twist, so can not driving at all!) [WCVB] Say Yes to Education graduates its final students from a 1991 second grade class. The program paid for all of the class members' secondary education. [Wicked Local Cambridge] Food crisis could be solved if we'd just......

Photo by RichSeattle, used with permission The Bush administration has turned Woodrow Wilson's "community of nations" idea on its head by setting up terrorists as a threat to our power rather than to humanity in general. Obama needs stress the need to restore collective security. [World Affairs Journal] What do the humanities really do for us? Among other things, they provide contextualization of our knowledge, which can serve as a corrective in some situations.......