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Oink! H1N1 Flu is a pandemic, and there are more than 1,000 cases in Mass. [WBZ]

Governor Patrick announced a contest for IT startups. [Xconomy]

A Boston College grad from New Bedford is on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" today. [New Bedford Standard-Times]

Help a former Pats cheerleader get married on the "Today" show. [Boston Herald]

Gay marriage was legalized 5 years and one day ago, and the sanctity of marriage is apparently holding steady. [Boston Herald]

And it's been good for the economy! [WHDH]

The FBI is looking into the questionable suicide of an Amherst student in India. [The Republican]

The next leg of the Volvo Ocean Race got off to a rough start. [Boston Globe]

Bukowski Tavern, Harpoon, and The Weekly Dig have teamed up again for the “Pint and Pen” writing contest. The premise is simple: write a short-short story between 500 and 750 words long. The hard part is including these four essential words: pint, pen, Bukowski, and Harpoon. The harder part is competing against dozens of other word lovers who revel in the romantic notion of being a hard-drinking genius of letters.

After a search in which we received lots of great entries from many talented photographers, we have found our winner...

Well we've never seen the Prudential like this! We love this black and white by alohadave and the unique perspective he brings. Plus, it was taken in Fenway, and Fenway makes us smile :)

This shot by HDR master and all-around photographer extraordinaire srdaly11 simply rocks. We chose this particular one for its multiple layers of light and patterns, but definitely check out his photostream for more HDR goodness.

2008 was a great year for Bostonist. We expanded our coverage, got some great new contributors, had lots of sassy posts and commentary, got our 15 minutes of fame on TV ( !! ), and most importantly had a lot of fun.

Is it just us, or does it seem like whenever the Bruins have the spotlight to themselves, they lose? When they play the same night as the Celtics, or Patriots, they're fine, but give everyone else the night off, and it feels like we always have to lead with a Bruins loss. Maybe it's just us. But they deserve better.

"Half the guys in our league couldn't shoot 15-for-21 if they were in a gym by themselves," said Doc Rivers. The man would know, having coached Kedrick Brown, Gerald Green, and Brian Scalabrine over the years. But 15-for-21 were the numbers Toronto rained down on the C's from 3-point-land, dropping the C's to their first division loss of the season.

• Londonist pondered who might be the next sponsors of the London Eye and whether or not readers would be willing to donate £1,000 each for a Londonist Eye.
• Shanghaiist was shocked to find a cameltoe in the city's only English-language paper.
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Friday, January 11, 5:30-8:00 pm

--Multimedia artist and musician Brian Dewan will join Bostonist faves Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys, the Boston Typewriter Orchestra, and S. Joe Hazelwood at Church. Of course, the Broken Toys are promising frilly panties and corsets. 69 Kilmarnock Street, 9:00 pm.

The Five Brothers, aka Mitt Romney's kids who all blog for Dad, are toothy, cute, and so wholesome it could make your brain bleed. They strike us as mostly harmless sorts who just want to tell the world how cool their Dad is. But they do not, under any circumstances, need to be playing touch football with streamers dangling around their butts. The Team Romney football game marks the second time that Bostonist has seen...

Dave Schlafman won the Ecospot contest sponsored by CurrentTV and the Alliance for Climate Protection. For the contest, Schlafman had to animate a brief public service announcement about the climate crisis. Not only was his animation of elephants falling from the sky clever, but the theme of sustainability inspired his animation process. Schlafman told Bostonist, "I decided to draw and paint on recycled paper bags for the backgrounds...keeping with the spirit of the contest (and...

Animator Dave Schlafman, of Boston, is in the finals of Current TV's Current and the Alliance Ecospot Contest to find the best PSA about the environment. The goal of the contest is to get people to look at the climate crisis in new ways. The masses can vote for the winning spot. All it takes is registering on current.com, and you can vote for the best PSA. Schlafman's is titled "The Sky is Falling,"...

Monster Mash Halloween Benefit PA's Lounge, Union Square (356 Somerville Ave) October 29, 2007, 8:00 pm, 21+ $10 suggested donation Somerville's got good claim to the "Monster Mash" label. Bobby Pickett, responsible for penning the perennial Halloween hit (which is one of only three records to hit the Billboard Top 100 three separate times), was a Somerville native. Pickett passed away in April of this year, so this will be the world's first Halloween without...

As Red Sox fans we've become accustomed to the various tauntings (they're clearly jealous), pepto-fueled stressful evenings, and many bleary-eyed mornings. However no matter what curve balls (pun intended) our beloved Boys of Summer, er October, throw at us, we will always declare ourselves proud members of Red Sox Nation. Turns out our all-weather team allegiance is nothing new. One of Boston's most giving and interesting daughters, Isabella Stewart Gardner, was a passionate Red...

As it gets closer to Halloween for LAist, a contributer recollects her tale of staring down the serial killer, Richard Ramirez, otherwise known as the Night Stalker. Must think happy thoughts -- okay, free organic chocolate chip cookies for Los Angeles -- now that's a happy thought. Other happy Los Angeles thoughts include an interview with Jack Kehler of The Big Lebowski (he was the Dude's landlord), a beautiful and magical photographic moment in Venice...

After a week full of intense competition, the finalists in this year's Boston Comedy Festival Contest took the stage last night at the Cutler Majestic. The pressure was already high because they would be judged by Lifetime Achievement Award honorees Shelley Berman and Bill Dana, Comic of the Year winner Lewis Black, and a range of industry bigwigs. The comics also faced an even bigger challenge--the Red Sox game. These comics had to distract the...

The MLB is no fun! A kind tipster just gave Bostonist the heads-up that the Chris Dodd Red Sox Raffle is now OFF and that anyone who donated will get a refund. The e-mail from Dodd HQ states,

As Hillary Clinton hogs all the airtime, Barack Obama fans flames with his fashion choices, and John Edwards ducks for cover under rumors of infidelity, what is a less-recognized Democratic presidential candidate to do? Offer the public Red Sox tickets. In a clear appeal to New England residents, particularly those in New Hampshire, candidate and Connecticut Senator Chris Dodd is holding a "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" contest. If you donate $20.04 to...

--Preliminaries: Tuesday, October 9, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Preliminaries: Wednesday, October 10, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Urban Comedy Showcase: Wednesday, October 10, Roxbury Center for Arts at Hibernian Hall, 8:00 pm --Semi-Finals: Thursday, October 11, Nick's Comedy Stop (Upstairs), 8:30 pm --Semi-Finals: Friday, October 12, Nick's Comedy Stop (Upstairs), 8:30 pm Now that we've warmed up, we'll get right to last night's results. For more on how...

Boston Comedy Festival Preliminary Rounds --Monday, October 8, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Tuesday, October 9, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm --Wednesday, October 10, Comedy Connection, Faneuil Hall, 7:00 and 9:00 pm All tickets for the preliminaries are $15 The comics rush up onstage and change right before your eyes. One moment, they gaze into the camera and at the audience like classic deer before headlines. Then, an internal...

This year's Boston Comedy Festival is about to start, and you won't be able to make up your mind about all the events happening around town. The following listings include just a few measly highlights, but the Boston Comedy Festival is sure to have something that suits your sense of humor, whether it be ironic, sarcastic, slapsticky, or potty. Check the official site and full schedule for all event details. Boston Comedy Festival Contest Preliminaries:...

A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed last night in front of his own home on Evans Street in Dorchester. Steven Odom was returning from basketball around 8:00 pm when he was shot in the head by unknown assailants. Boston's gunshot detection system, which was tested earlier this week, picked up four gunshots. The Herald reported that three men may have been involved. As of right now, the killers are at large, and the cause...

It was bound to happen that someone was going to comment on the looks of former First Lady of Massachusetts and aspiring First Lady for the United States Ann Romney. Mitt and Ann Romney are good-looking in that ever-so-wholesome, corn-fed kind of way. It's also not surprising that Playboy tackles the subject of First Lady Hotness by asking which one is sexiest. But it is surprising that they included Bill Clinton in the poll...

J. Cannibal's Feast of Flesh With a screening of The Evil Dead, Black Cat Burlesque, and music by Bad Ash Saturday, September 29, midnight, $10 Coolidge Corner Theatre, Brookline It's never too early to start thinking about Halloween. This weekend, undertaker and impresario J. Cannibal - also known as local poet Janaka Stucky - is presiding over some midnight macabre mayhem at the Coolidge Corner Theatre with his "Feast of Flesh." Feast of Flesh has...

Don’t let the heat wave fool you: It’s pumpkin season. If you need proof, you can find it tomorrow at the Topsfield Fair, where dozens of farmers will haul in Jabba-the-Hutt-sized gourds as part of the fair’s Giant Pumpkin Contest. Last year’s winner tipped the scales at 1,347.5 pounds—about half the weight of a Mini Cooper. (Bostonist also recommends checking out the fair’s birds of prey, chick hatchery, and racing pigs.) But if you can’t...

Mitt Romney is throwing an unusual contest. After his thuggy aides tried to drive people away by pretending to be police officers, Romney would like to bring the masses a little closer to him. Contestants will write 100 words or less about why they want to spend time on Romney's tour bus. The three best essayists (or fawners, whatever) will get to hang out with Romney for a day and watch him kiss babies...