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-- Five robberies took place last nigh in Jamaica Plain near the Stony Brook T station. Two people were robbed by what they described as "two slim White Hispanic males in their late teens" in the early evening. Three people were robbed at gunpoint on Boylston Street within ten minutes of each other by a black female and males in their 20s. What, nobody in JP calls the cops? [Neighbors for Neighbors]

-- Two days of bloodshed rocked Dorchester. A man was shot and killed Monday night on Glenarm Street, and two people were shot last night on Norwell Street. One of the victims, a woman, died of her wounds, and the second was taken to Boston Medical Center with life threatening injuries. Police have released little information about the crimes, which they have not suggested are linked, and no arrests have been made. [BPDNews, BPDNews]

-- Twelve men, allegedly wearing tuxedos, were arrested Friday morning outside for of Club “33” on Stanhope Street. A fight allegedly took place involving a male who went to Massachusetts General Hospital for treatment. Witnesses directed police to a parked limousine to locate other fight participants. [BPDNews.com]

Moody's Falafel Palace may not look like much - cramped quarters with little sitting room in a building that looks like a shack - but the food more than makes up for the lack of ambiance. Whether you're looking for a fresh lunch or a late night meal to sop up all that excess booze, Moody's will deliver your food cheap.

• Cops and cabbies have something in common. Neither seem very concerned with the new city rule that bans cell-phone use by cabbies while driving. [Boston Herald]

• US District Court Judge William G. Young ruled Boston exceeded its authority by trying to force cabbies to convert to hybrid cars by 2015. [Boston Globe]

photo of the Longfellow House, tagged "Bostonist" by Flickr user AntyDiluvian

Fixies are a pain in Grandpa Bostonist's neck. Fixies are European fixed gear racing bikes that don't have back brakes, designed to teach racers "pedal discipline" in the velodrome. On the clogged streets of the big city, however, they are little more than a pathetic compensatory status marker—the bicycle equivalent of a sports car. They are bikes for racing, not for getting around.

The Herald has reported rumors of a ManRay "resurrection." The Cambridge club was home to all manner of mesh-shirted, Wolfsheim-loving goth, industrial, and fetish populations (as well as a gay "Campus" night) until it closed in 2005. Bostonist may have eaten a carrot stick or two off a saran-wrapped lady on a table there, and we will not deny having pumped our little fists to "Panzermensch." (Though the carrots just tasted like carrots, and fetish night seemed to mostly mean "boobs." Last we checked, liking boobs wasn't a particularly extreme fetish.)

It's official: the Boston food industry crowd is in love with Craigie on Main, the newly expanded venture of Cambridge chef Tony Maws (formerly of Craigie Street Bistro). On a recent visit to the new space, this Bostonist spotted employees from Green Street, Eastern Standard, Dante and Drink bellying up to the bar. Here, wunderkind Tom Schlesinger-Guidelli, recently of Eastern Standard himself, was mixing up rye cocktails and housemade vermouths to rival any served at these other temples of mixology.

-- Rodolfo Bonilla, who stands accused of a twisted scheme to defraud a 91-year-old man, was ordered held on a $100,000 cash bail today, according to the Suffolk County DA. The 48-year-old Jamaica Plain man and Tammy Lewis, his 39-year-old girlfriend, allegedly forged a document that gave the victim's power of attorney to Lewis, which they used to cash checks from the victim's accounts.

-- Munir Alani, a 26-year-old Syrian national, was denied bail in his federal trial on charges that he tried to bring guns with him on a trip from Boston to Lebanon. Authorities claim that he had 11 guns in his luggage and that he intended to sell them in Syria. [Herald]

        

When Bostonist arrived at the Hendrick's-sponsored Beantown Bartender Battle last night, we found a table piled with gleaming cocktail shakers, cans of Barritt's ginger beer, copious bottles of gin, Pimm's No. 1, and our favorite saints, Germain and Elizabeth. And that was the tip of the iceberg.

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You read that right. A shooting happened at the Hi-Fi Pizza in Central Square, which is across the street from the Middle East, early this morning. However, while police apprehended the shooter, the shoot-ee took off, and no one knows where the victim is or if he's okay.

--The MBTA needs money, and it's not messing around. They're going after those annoying fare evaders who try to get all close up on you when you try to go through the gates. [Boston Herald]

Our sources with the Boston Bunny Barhop send us photos of the cuddly, bunny-eared mayhem that worked its way down Mass Ave on Friday night. Bunny Barhop devotees did indeed wear their ears with pride. We were especially impressed with the "Sexy Bunny," who is too sexy for his ears:

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Some alleged boneheads should have their Red Sox Nation cards revoked, and we're not talking about Hank Steinbrenner. In a scary incident reported in the Cambridge Chronicle, a man wearing Yankees attire got beat up outside the Cantab Lounge in Central Square early Sunday morning. From the Chronicle:

...only makes you stronger. That has to be the attitude the Bruins take today, after having their winning streak stopped, killed, set on fire, stomped, buried, and the earth salted. The good news is, they will never play a worse game than they did last night. It was 6-0 Capitals in the first period. Alex Ovechkin had a hat trick before half the fans had found their seats. Tim Thomas got pulled, put back in to hang out to dry, then pulled again. 10-2 final; the B's have to be happy they play again today and don't have this lingering over them for too long.

--Find out where to meet up on March 6 to ask Rep. Ed Markey (aka "Biz Markey") to support Cape Wind. [Blue Mass Group, more on Cape Wind from Bostonist]

--Someone found violent messages in women's bathrooms, along with the date of February 28 (tomorrow), at Bridgewater State. Given recent violent incidents on college campuses nationwide, the school boosted security. Police are offering a $500 reward to find out who did it. [Boston Globe, Boston Herald]

--A possible idea for Banditos Misteriosos? It might beat No Pants 2K8, if only for the reason that your bare thighs wouldn't have to touch any part of an MBTA car. [b0st0n LiveJournal]

--Cambridge was the scene of a violent attack on a homeless man. Early on January 29, the man was walking with his girlfriend in Central Square on Norfolk when three men attacked him, and one of them stabbed him in the back. [Cambridge Chronicle]

ImprovBoston is, well, getting a little closer to Boston by getting closer to the T. They are almost ready to open their new location right by the Central Square T stop, next door to The Field.

Sandwiches can be a rather mundane lunch choice, grabbed on the go or because there aren’t many other options. But Hot Off the Press, in Central Square and Charlestown, serves more original sandwiches which are, yes, hot and pressed, not to mention delicious and cheap.

Update: The Cambridge Chronicle hopped right on it and, while they couldn't reach the owner, things aren't looking so good for the burnt caramel: "Toscanini’s Ice Cream, a mainstay for cool treats in Central Square since 1981, may not ever open again, and its owner, Gus Rancatore, owes the state’s Department of Revenue more than $167,000 in back taxes." (Thanks, Ron!)

Basta Pasta doesn't look all that different from any of the hundreds of pizza shops around the Boston area: the menu board hanging over the counter, shakers of parmesan and red pepper flakes on the tables, uncomfortable benches, and stock photos of subs and greasy pizza in the takeout menu. But take a closer look at the menu, and it becomes clear that Basta Pasta is unlike its competitors.