--The banner brawl continues. The Highway Department decided that the banners declaring support for the troops that hang over the roadways pose a potential road hazard. That decision poses a potential PR nightmare, and Governor Deval Patrick has put it on hold. [Boston Globe] --Corinne Stephen, 26, was sentenced to 8 to 12 years for the involuntary manslaughter of her foster child, 4-year-old Dontel Jeffers. [DA's Office, background] --A longshoreman fessed up to putting......

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......

Update: Another manhole-related accident happened this morning in Brighton on Nonantum Road. Now the state is going to inspect manholes and storm grates. If you think you see a potential manhole attack, dial #321 on a mobile or 888-359-9595. OK, manholes! We've had it with you! Go back to wherever it is you came from, and leave us alone! Really, it feels like manholes have been possessed and are rising from the earth to wreak......

Once you know how to use Storrow getting from your point A to point B becomes so much easier. Well, that is if you're willing to take a chance. The Herald reports this morning that they've reviewed documents and seen evidence of their own that the Storrow Drive Tunnel that runs along the Esplanade is in severe need of repair. It's something the DCR has known for a while; they've been looking into the best......

The big news in this mornings papers and airwaves was that a report from the Transportation Finance Commission has released a report that pretty much every state transit authority (including the MBTA, DCR, Turnpike Authority, and Highway Department) is in deficit spending and working to just keep up what they've got going. The deficit spending will result in a projected $19 billion deficit over the next 20 years according to the report. That's just for......

The the I-90 westbound connector reopened last night when the feds signed off on the Big Dig repairs. The reopening seems awfully sneaky since it's happened over the holidays. Perhaps the Highway Department thought riders would be more likely to see a faster path from Logan Airport as a gift instead of being reminded of the sheer incompetence that led to the death of Milena Del Valle. No such luck. The Boston Herald reported the......