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January was the MBTA's worst month in three years for on-time trains. North End residents are considering making Hanover Street a one-way street. Remember to follow Bostonist on Twitter and like us on Facebook. more ›

Each week Bostonist brings you the best of Boston-based viral videos. more ›

--The BPD must love that Burger King commercial that punks customers with the information that BK has discontinued the Whopper. Upon hearing that information, the customers promptly freak out. more ›

Those angry manholes are at it again, and unfortunately for all of us, they're stepping up their game. This Bostonist was walking home this afternoon and noticed some black smoke coming out of a manhole on Hanover Street. The North End is a pretty crazy place, so Bostonist didn't think much of it and continued on our way. We should know better than to trust a manhole, any manhole. The smoke kept coming and... more ›

While many argue about the discrimination in this city, this ideology is also affecting the vermin in the city sewers as well. As many shocked restaurant patrons came to find out last Thursday, rats do not add to the ambience when inhaling a filet mignon on Newbury Street. Louis J. Antonellis, a local labor union guy for Electrical Workers Local 103, decided he had had enough with the Capital Grille after fighting with them for four months. So to get his point across, he opened up a shopping bag and dropped three white lab rats onto the dining room floor. Antonellis then ran out onto the street and was chased by a few of the valets until being caught by B.U. police a few blocks away. While the diners weren’t too happy about sharing their dinners with rats, the animal lovers out there can calm down; the rats were captured by the waitstaff and are currently residing in a Roslindale animal shelter until they get adopted. more ›

While the world readies for the final match of the FIFA World Cup, Boston gets ready to watch it. The French and Italians will match up on Sunday afternoon – and everyone has an opinion on where the best place to watch the game will be. Mayor Menino has sanctioned a World Cup Party of sorts on City Hall Plaza this Sunday. A big screen broadcast of the match will have capacity to hold up... more ›

So after Bostonist announced its little obsession with the cupcake on Monday, we thought we’d come clean entirely. We actually ventured to the North End on Saturday for one thing and one thing only: to try the cupcakes at Lulu’s Bake Shoppe on Hanover Street. After we read about them in the Globe last month, Bostonist kept seeing mention of this tiny “shoppe” and how great their ‘cakes are. After a walk through the ever changing and confusing Big Dig, we walked right past Lulu’s tiny store front and had to back track (hint: it’s real close to Mother Anna’s). Once inside, we felt like we had stepped back into our grandmother’s old kitchen, with a 1930s oven doubling as a place to prepare your coffee and old pictures from the Little Lulu comic books on the wall. more ›

As Bostonist walked home from a very important post-work meeting (Happy Hour), we were a little confused when we came to the Park Street T stop to find it surrounded by police cars, ambulances, and blocked off with yellow "Police Line: Do Not Cross" tape. At first, we assumed that some T skidded off the tracks or someone passed out due to the heat in one of those special unair-conditioned cars that we all love. Bostonist got little answers from the Transit Police who told us to walk up Tremont to the Boylston. As we walked to the next stop, we came across droves of people waiting at the bus stop. It wasn't looking good and it got worse when arriving at the Boylston stop, when the T worker simply yelled "Nope. Closed" at us. Bostonist took a chance and walked into the Arlington T station and it was actually functioning. After tuning into the always hyped Fox 25 News at 10, we learned that a bomb threat was called in to Police, directing them to the Park Street T stop. Of course, the MBTA's website mentioned nothing of the delays or threat. more ›

Bostonist just learned that Dunkin Donuts and Absolute Vodka have become partners...No, this doesn't mean the new way to bring yourself back will be with a Dunkaccino Martini during your coffee break. It means the Jim Beam and Absolute Vodka distributors, French based Pernod Ricard SA, and U.S. based Fortune Brands Inc., purchased Allied Domecq PLC, the U.K. based parent company of Dunkin Donuts, this past April. more ›

Today is Valentine's Day, welcomed by Hallmark stores and dreaded by all singletons in the city. Bostonist won't be spending it with anyone special this year, except for Jack Bauer, so we looked into some other options than a romantic candlelit dinner for one. Here's what we came up for those of you looking to go out tonight: The Boston Young Professionals Association has planned a "My Tie Valentine's Day Event" for those looking... more ›

The Improv Asylum also has a midnight show on Saturdays for $10 where "all bets are off." They also offer corporate training events where you can bring the Asylum into the office. Having an actor play your boss? Now that is a company outing worth going on. more ›