Note: A few NSFW links are in this post. All of them are craigslist-related. No pictures, but words. Bostonist has noticed a Herald trend. Whenever a major sports event takes place in the city, someone at the Herald scours the craigslist romance posts for sports-related ads. Last time, during the World Series, the Herald found a few posts indicating that Red Sox victories boosted the sex drive. This time, the Herald claims to find something......

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......

Seattlest watches as a S.L.U.T. is born and Seattle Flickr users go nuts over a local art installation. A restaurant critic demands a Diner's Bill of Rights over a gnat next to her drink, and, in lieu of a Portlandist, Seattlest debates with itself over the identity of the Northwest's crown jewel. Seattlest also joins the guys from Fantagraphics for an ill-fated gun party in the woods. LAist saw national headlines soar this week with......

Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling continued his publicity blitz with an appearance on last night's Celebrity Jeopardy! There's speculation that Schilling is already plotting his post-baseball strategy, at least when it comes to politics, and Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek gave Schilling plenty of opportunity to discuss what Trebek called his "life beyond sports." Schilling specifically mentioned starting Green Monster Games, his new video-gaming company. The plug was a good idea because trivia isn't Schilling's......

Bostonist opened up our inbox this morning to find a message from a friend with the subject “You’re never going to believe this…” We’ll backup here and start with a preface to the story: she wasn’t going to be able to go home for the holidays. Her family exchanged gifts at Thanksgiving instead of those days of various religious, cultural, and retail significance in late December (Robertson and O’Reilly please note: for her it was......