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Kids, smoking really is hazardous to your health. What started as a smoke between neighbors turned into a murder as Braintree police said Lucas Walters, 28, allegedly killed Jeffrey Phillips, 31, with an ax after the men argued about money Walters owed Phillips. Phillips brandished a rake before Walters hit him in the back and head with the ax. According to prosecutors, Walters kept the body in a shed for two days, and hid the murder weapon, before burying it in Connecticut. Walters bought gas and cigarettes using Phillips' credit card and allegedly sold his TV, computer and Xbox to buy crack cocaine. Walters turned himself in and allegedly told police "I killed him by accident. I’m crazy." He was charged with murder and pled not guilty, held without bail and faces a hearing on August 25. [WCVB, Herald, Globe] All charges alleged until proven under law.

--For some reason, 32-year-old Keni Garcia of Haverhill allegedly wanted 85,000 bullets. The ATF, ICE and state and local authorities seem to think this was a bad idea. Who knew? Essex County prosecutors are charging Garcia, who was scheduled to become an American citizen today, with illegal possession of ammunition, three counts of possession of a high-capacity firearm, and illegal storage of a firearm. Investigators found 10,000 rounds in his car, 20,000 rounds at his house. He allegedly tried to buy 55,000 more rounds in New Hampshire.[Boston Globe, Boston Herald]

• Kick a guy when he's down! Former schoolmate remembers Philip Markoff as an arrogant nerd. [Boston Herald]
• CT AG wants Craigslist to tighten controls on erotic services. [Hartford Courant]
• Mayor Menino makes it official and will likely overstay his welcome at City Hall without debating his opponents. [Boston Globe]
• Unlike Boston College, Brandeis is allowing Bill Ayers to appear on campus. Some people are pissed off about it, of course. [The Justice]

Get Religion reports that Connecticut legislators have introduced a bill that would completely reorganize the archdiocese of Connecticut. Raised Bill 1098 would eliminate diocesan control over Church finances, shifting it to boards of directors, organized at the parish level. The bishop would be relegated to a non-voting ex-officio position on the board of each parish. Some speculate that the bill is retaliation for the Church's opposition to gay marriage; others point to financial shenanigans among some of Connecticut's parishes. There is one thing that the bill almost certainly is: unconstitutional. [Hartford Courant; Get Religion]

Connecticut has joined Massachusetts, California, Belgium, Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, South Africa and Spain as a part of the world where gay people share the same right to marry their lovers that straight people have. In a 4-3 ruling, the Connecticut Supreme Court overturned the state's law prohibiting same-sex marriage today. Welcome to the club, Nutmeggers. [Globe]

The battle over global warming is escalating and it's being fought all over the cultural map, most recently in a three state struggle for the "right to dry."