--Yesterday afternoon, a person was shot in the chest and side in Roxbury on Langdon Street. The Globe noted that the incident was a block away from a playground. That's bad enough, but the Herald connected more dots and noted that the shooting was in front of the same house where a standoff between Cape Verdean gang members and police took place. --A homeless man died in an accident yesterday at the Pine Street Inn.......

--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......

--A 44-year-old guy found out how hard it is to get into MIT when he tried to burgle a fraternity early Friday morning. Since these are MIT students, they were awake. They were also sober enough to realize that this individual wasn't a fraternity brother, though it would be hard to miss a large 44-year-old dude trying to hide behind a large-screen TV set. Since the incident resulted in a flaming chase and the arrival......

A four-hour standoff took place yesterday in Roxbury after gunfire came from a house. The BPD posted a warning yesterday asking media to lay off airing helicopter footage of the house, which the Globe described as a home belonging to an alleged "Cape Verdean gang associate." Luckily, the standoff ended peacefully, and four men turned themselves in. And then the media was allowed to send in the cameras! Things did not turn out as well......

We're still groggy from the party last weekend, so all apologies for the slow delivery of this week's music selections. Bostonist is still working up to multiple lists, featuring your classical agenda over the weekend because we know you want culture and the rest of the best coming at you on Monday because, well, we know you want to rock. Monday, 3/27 Magnolia Electric Co. (Songs: Ohia's Jason Molina) presides over an evening of......

Bostonist loves political showmanship. Really, we adore it. Because actual leadership disputes are all about budgets and negotiations and the careful balancing of interests, and that stuff is BOOOOOORING. But clever turns of phrase and chicken suits are fun, and without them, our vibrant democracy would be nothing more than Canada without the smart policy. That said, we are pretty underwhelmed by mayoral hopeful Maura Hennigan's decision to speak in Latin when challenging mayor Tom......