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--A gun battle erupted in Dorchester yesterday afternoon. A teenager was wounded, and a No. 23 bus got shot up. The teen, Walter West, was celebrating his 16th birthday. His gift was that his wounds are non-life-threatening, and no one on the bus got hurt. The BPD told the Herald that the gunfire was "likely related to a feud between gangs on Morse and Lucerne streets." --The city has announced another new plan to cut...

"Sunshowers" was the first M.I.A. track off the 2005 release Arular to make the Bostonist iPod morning playlist; at 8:45 a.m., a good beat and a 70’s disco sample are all one needs to pass up Dunkins without second thought. Bostonist would report into work feeling upbeat, shiny and happy. Admittedly, the lyrics were a bit hard to follow, but that all seemed secondary. When the beat fully saturated the subconscious, the words began to reveal themselves: "He had Colgate on his teeth and Reebok Classics on his feet. At a factory he does Nike and then he helps the family." Ah catchy, might there be a narrative here? But wait, what was that about "Semi-9 and Snipered him" and the "P.L.O."? When it all pieces together "Sunshowers" is about a man murdered for suggested association with Muslims. Suddenly 8:45 a.m. was heavier than expected.