--Did any official-looking person root around in your bag today while you rode the T? [WCVB] --More reasons to panic while crossing a bridge. A chunk of concrete fell from the Long Island Bridge yesterday. [Boston Herald] --After freezing our buns off this winter, the weather tables have turned, and we're under a brush fire risk. [WBZ] --Marilyn Devaney, the Watertown City Councilor who was embroiled in The Case of the Curling Iron, got......

Update: Mayor Menino and the Department of Public Works are investigating how this accident happened. Just when you think it is safe, manholes decide that you will be their prey. After a brief quiet period, manholes are taking it out on the masses again. Yesterday afternoon, two women were driving on Columbus Avenue in Roxbury. A car in front of them drove over a manhole, which popped up and flew into their car. Luckily, the......

Okay, all of us cubicle slaves have almost made it through another week working for "the man." Since it is Thursday, what better way to celebrate such a feat than by hitting the local taverns/restaurants for some drinks, apps, and gossip about the new guy in Marketing. Bostonist loves its Happy Hour time (and would go each day after work in financially possible), so here a few random places to try for some post-work amusements.......