--Yesterday evening, a woman was caught driving in East Boston Memorial Park--on a pedestrian path. The BPD Blotter writer, obviously thrilled to be back on the job after the recent technical difficulties, adds, "As the name of the path suggests, it is designed and designated for pedestrian traffic only." Yes, she was allegedly drunk. And in a Big Lebowski move, she showed officers a Liquor ID card when asked for license and registration. She was......

Okay, okay, this edition of "Series of Tubes" isn't all about Britney Spears, but local bloggers had plenty to say about her dopey performance at the MTV Video Music Awards. --Karen is far more sympathetic to Britney's case because America can't resist a story of someone like Spears. --Rude Boy finds similarities between Miz Spears and Family Guy. A debate then ensued as to whether or not it was appropriate to discuss Spears in the......

People are feeling jittery again. A strip mall in Ashland was evacuated earlier today – all because of a fax message to a Bank of America that included an awkward ClipArt image of a hand setting off a bomb. Turns out "the fax was sent by a marketing group for a promotion to kick off a special offer from the bank." We're not sure why marketing companies don't think before they fax. Didn't they learn......

--A Boston police officer got hit during a shoot-out with alleged gang members in Dorchester last night. Stephen Romano, who was wearing a bulletproof vest, was hit in the chest but will survive. The shooting started when police interfaced with Antonio Franklin and Durrell Curry. Franklin shot Romano, and then a state trooper on the scene returned fire and hit Franklin, leaving him in critical condition, but Curry escaped. The Herald had a disturbing detail.......

--Some young repo men watched the Emilio Estevez movie a few too many times. Or maybe Dog the Bounty Hunter. Michael and Robert Simeone, brothers who work for the family repo business in Brockton, were overzealous when trying to take a car from a woman who fell behind with her payments. It was their job to take Sara Bradley's Ford Focus back. We thought repo men tried to be sneaky, but the Simeone brothers were......

As we all know, Filene’s Department store has been bought by Federated Department Stores this past year, which means that it’s currently on its way out of town. While there are weekly rumors that a Target or Wal-Mart will be plopped into this Downtown Crossing real estate, Filene’s is currently closing up shop with a good ol’ clearance sale. Being the savvy shopper that we are, Bostonist just had to go and check it out......

This first week of April has been quite spring-like and before you knew it, it's Thursday. Here are some things going on in the city this weekend. Welcome in Spring tonight at MJ O'Connors on Columbus Ave with their "Spring Beer Dinner" starting at 6 p.m. For $40, you get a 5 course meal prepared by the chefs at Anthem and MJ O'Connors, along with Sam Adams beer to compliment each course. If you ever......