Lyme disease cases are up 39% over last year in Nantucket. The island's rate of Lyme infection is abnormally high, almost on par with the island's other unspeakable affliction: opposition to the Cape Wind project. If only there were a way to coordinate the two epidemics.......

Manny sat out today's game with an icy hamstring. [Red Sox] Marriage is not necessarily any awesomer for gay people than it is for straight ones. [New York Times] The Patricks march in the Pride Parade. (Stay tuned for our parade gallery!) [WBZTV] The MBTA caught on fire. Again. Maybe it should be news if a week passes without something going up in flames? [WBZTV] New Hampshire man who rubbed elbows with Thomas Edison......