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Bostonist has received unconfirmed reports of explosions and building evacuations near Lesley University in Cambridge. Oxford Street is closed for a few blocks near Hammond. Has anyone witnessed anything in this area? Update: it looks to be due to a manhole fire caused by a failed cable.

Lesley University is running Kotobukiya’s Japanese market out of Porter Square to make room for a bookstore, the Cambridge Chronicle reports. Kotobukiya’s is the only full-service Japanese grocer in Cambridge, and it has been in business since 1989. Lesley University owns the Porter Square Exchange and reportedly refused to extend Kotobukiya's lease.

--Everyone needs money, so it's not a surprise that Mayor Menino wants to increase fines for illegal parking in the city: "The largest increase will be for parking in a fire lane, which would rise from $40 to $100 under the mayor’s plan. Parking in front of a handicapped ramp would go from $50 to $100, while parking in front of a hydrant would rise from $75 to $100." [Boston Herald]