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Dunkin Donuts is heading to NC, where it has a lot to contend with. In addition to the deliciousness of Krispy Kreme donuts themselves, Dunkin will also have to fight giant catfish and grass slippers if it's to survive. A man in Elkin, near Winston-Salem, caught a record-breaking 21-pound catfish with his granddaughter's Barbie fishing rod earlier this month. Now, Krispy Kreme is breaking out the grass flip-flops to celebrate summer and de-stress employees. Made (apparently) of real, living, growing grass (over 5000 blades on each shoe), the sandals are meant to "bring summer magic to the city." The grass can live for months if cared for properly. Though the sandals seem to be the product of a UK marketing firm, we retain some hope that the idea hatched in the mind of a southerner reminiscing fondly of grassy meadows. What's next, tobacco Tevas?

It was about a week ago when we noted that the Bruins were in 6th place in the Prince of Wales Eastern Conference, which was a decent place to be, thus drawing the winner of the weak-sister Southeast Division. In that week, the B's have solidified the 6th spot, but are now officially in spittin' distance of bigger and better things. They've won blowouts this week, they've won shootouts, they've won at home, they've won on the road. They've done everything but beat Montreal. Now we see 6th place as little more than a nice springboard.

-- The Bridgewater man being sought by police for the murder of his ex-wife was found dead last night, an apparent suicide. Andrew Boisvert was found hanging in an Iredell County, North Carolina rest stop. He was fleeing Friday's warrant for his arrest in the murder of Medford resident Margaret Ninos, who was found beaten to death in her home on Wednesday. A North Carolina rest stop worker discovered Boisvert's body hanging from a tree. [Globe; Herald]

Update: The Glock-toter will be arraigned this morning in East Boston District Court. The DA's Office said his case was "admittedly banal" compared to all the other cases going on.

The forces behind the Ron Paul Blimp suffered many delays. For a while, it seemed like the blimp promoting the campaign of Republican candidate/Internet sensation Ron Paul might not launch. But they launched their blimp this morning at 9:00 am from Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

Republican presidential candidate and Internet sensation Ron Paul doesn't need Oprah. He doesn't need connections to the hot-shot politicians. He just needs a blimp. Ron Paul's supporters are sending up a blimp for an East Coast tour from North Carolina, through DC and New York, to Boston. According to the flight plan on the Ron Paul Blimp site, the balloon will launch Wednesday in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and then travels north, flying over...

Ladies and gentlemen, may we present to you this week's nominee for Douchebag on the Diamond: Daniel Cabrera.

Oh no, there's another Red Sox pitcher song - and it's only a matter of time before we see Jerry Remy rocking the air guitar to the new tune. Fresh on the heels of Daisuke Matsuzaka's "Gyroball," the Boston Red Sox pitching staff brings you "Okajima, Oki-Doki."Okajima translator Jeff Yamaguchi admitted recently that the song, well, kind of sucks when you first listen to it, but it will needle its place into your heart if...

Sam Adams is the flagship beer of the Boston Beer Company. On the tour of the brewery in JP, they'll tell you that there are a couple of reasons they call themselves "The Boston Beer Company" – the two most compelling – the name was available when Jim Koch started the company and they're located in Boston. A deal was announced today that will put the Boston Beer Company in a position to purchase a...

--Some alleged bonehead from North Carolina got arrested after he tried to take a loaded gun on a plane at Logan. The lawyer for John C. Megelich says the guy didn't realize he had it in his bag. We don't know how you wouldn't notice a loaded gun. The DA's Office released some more details. Megelich, who was flying from Boston to Detroit, dared to put the gun through security in his briefcase, and security...

Part of us thinks that a team that's scuffling as bad as the Red Sox are right now deserves to have five guys named to the All-Star team. But we do recognize that the honor is bestowed upon players based on the entire spring's production, not just the last couple weeks of lousy baseball, so let's give credit where credit is due. Manny, Papi, Lowell, Beckett, and Papelbon are all going to San Francisco for some glitz, some glamour, and a year's supply of Rice-A-Roni.

It's hard to believe there's a Major League team we know less about than the Diamondbacks, but there is, and they're coming to town starting tonight. Who and what are these Colorado Rockies? The popular conception is that the Rockies are a team loaded with sluggers, who benefit from the thin air of the Mile High City. That may have been true a decade ago, but right now, they're a young team full of promise...

After a weekend of rain where all we heard was disgruntled Bostonians complaining, because that's what we do best, about the weather we rock into the week. Miraculously the Red Sox managed to play all their games this past weekend making us furiously check the forecast for WBOS' 14th annual EarthFest coming up this weekend. For us it marks the first of many outdoor events that will happen this summer, and it's Memorial Day...

The Sox express train derailed last night, as the Jays finally solved Tim Wakefield en route to a 7-3 win. The culprits? Well, the first four guys in the lineup went 1-for-19. A doable 2-run deficit doubled in the 8th inning; Vernon Wells hit a rocket into center field. Wily Mo Pena looked more like Sily Mo Pena as the ball bounced over his outstretched glove and careened around for a triple. Aaron Hill then...

If you haven't seen the finish of the Division II Championship between Barton and Winona State, check it out. It's absolutely astounding; Barton's Anthony Atkinson scores 10 points in 39 seconds to turn a sure loss into an unbelievable victory. (Barton is located in Wilson, North Carolina, just so you don't have to look it up.) It's hard to match that kind of a comeback, but the Celtics sure gave Toronto a chance last night....

--Eric Gillin, writing for Deadspin, posted one of the best summaries of the upcoming Red Sox season. Why was it so good? The author found a way to parallel each Red Sox player to a character in Major League II. Here's a taste of the article that compares Pedro Cerrano (a bulked-up Dennis Haysbert) to Willy Mo Pena and Manny Ramirez: "After not winning the ALCS, Cerrano returns to the team as a completely different...

According to the Globe, our own Holy Cross was "prepared to get physical" against Southern Illinois in the first round of the NCAA tournament, but that's not quite how things turned out. According to other coaches, the Southern Illinois Salukis are absolutely terrifying. One guy said a team could imitate their defense if "We run down to the police station and we get all the German shepherd attack dogs and we just bring them onto...

The brackets are here. Get it, and hide it from your boss! On second thought, your boss probably has one, too. The No. 1 seeds are Florida, North Carolina, Kansas, and Ohio State. Boston College is a seventh seed and will play against 10th seeded Texas Tech. At least they know what they'll be getting into with coach/professional nutter Bobby Knight. The Patriots buying frenzy continues, and they may have acquired a player who will...

Tonight the State of the Union speech will be delivered in our nation's capital. While we're hitting the booze and playing the State of the Union drinking game, the media will talk about possible ramifications of the President's statements. But the focus has already started to shift from the current commander-in-chief to who's going to take over his job. The Democratic field of contenders is growing fast. Below you'll find Bostonist's guide to the field...

Jane Park has been missing from her Somerville residence for almost a month. The last time she was seen was on May 5, 2006 in Quincy. Earlier it had been reported that her last known whereabouts was in Harvard Square. It has since been established that she was in Quincy to sell her bike later in the day on May 5. There haven't been concrete leads that have led to the current location of Jane Park, but the police have learned that she had recently visited the South Shore community of Hull as well as World's End Park in Hingham and Cohasset.

Admittedly we’re a little low on the Saturday evening picks for this week. Mostly because we know we’ll still be swigging green beer by the pint – or at least too hung-over from Friday night to make it out to a show. Again this week we’ve put a little classical music for those of you that feel a little culture is good for the soul. Monday 3/13: Dilated Peoples and Little Brother Rakaa, Evidence...

We've been sitting on our hands wondering how we were going to approach Menino's call for a new downtown skyscraper last week without making all sorts of inadequacy jokes, you know, how this skyscraper might just be Menino's viagra. Damn, we blew our load already. To be just as blunt the basic story told is that Menino has called for a 1,000 foot skyscraper (that's roughly 80 stories, John Hancock is 62). And all Bostonist can do is giggle thinking about how he doesn't measure up to Dubai's planned phallus. In the speech he made announcing the plan he described a tower as a way to showcase the promise and strength of Boston's economic future. Seems reasonable enough, but we do remember hearing a little something about Fidelity shifting some jobs to North Carolina, and the potential for Gillette, following the P&G merger, to pull some of their operations out of the Prudential Center leaving a bit of real estate open for new tenants.

Well, today is Friday the 13th, which means, in theory, that bad luck will befall you (and us, and everyone, except in the Spanish-speaking world, where Tuesday the 13th is the day to watch). Bostonist did wake up with a hangover, but besides that the day has been good to us so far (knock on wood). Apparently, though, companies lose over $750 million every Friday the 13th because people avoid doing everyday activities (at least, that's what they say at the Stress Management Center and Phobia Institute in North Carolina, which is reputable enough to be cited by MSNBC, but has the ghettoest website ever), and lots of people are genuinely afraid of the day. For what it's worth, Bostonist urges you to cast aside your paraskevidekatriaphobia and enjoy yourself: It's impossibly nice outside, the weekend is almost here, and Arisia, Boston's own science fiction fan convention (now in its 17th glorious year of nerdy existence), starts today. Also, for those of you whose spirits are lifted by thoughts of locally born, nineteenth century writers of trite, uplifting, rags-to-riches novels, today is the birthday of Horatio Alger, who was born in Reveah Revere in 1832.

For a fleeting moment Bostonist once wanted to be on Jeopardy! We re-kindled the idea when Ken Jennings kept taking everyone to the mat. Bostonist can be quick on the signal button and we’ve learned the mantra of “make it a true Daily Double, Alex.” But now the clue crew won't even return our phone calls. We just sit on the couch and watch.

Even if (as is our dream) Bostonist were the scriptwriter for an absurdist political sit-com, we could not have come close to crafting the amusing scene that unfolded around Mitt Romney as he actually rode the T yesterday to prove to all of us that orange-plus ain't that bad. First, he couldn't say how much a subway ride costs. Then he was harangued by a man (unnamed and homeless, according to the Globe) about his...

As if Bostonist needed anymore of a reason to park our asses at a bar to drink, not only is tomorrow St. Patricks Day, but it is also the first day of the annual rite of insanity, the NCAA Men's Basketball tournament - or the more common named "March Madness". They're not kidding either. Every year the promise of spring, that faint sign that yes, winter is over, is buoyed by the weeks of hardcore college basketball, beer, pizza, and buffalo wings ... oh, and yelling and screaming at the TV. That's where the madness comes in.

It is scary enough trying to navigate the roads on Boston, but imagine arriving in Boston not knowing anything? A Nigerian man was found in Mattapan last week with no memory of his identity or how he ended up being thrown out of a car into a snowbank. "Tee" as he named himself, sustained head injuries last month and was taken to a Caritas Carney Hospital. After numerous meetings with area officials, he still suffered from amnesia and was taken in by two local women who he met at the hospital, Tee has been living in Weymouth trying to make a life here. Yet in the past week, there have been developments in the story. After appearing in the Boston Herald last week, Tee was interviewed on FOX News' show, "The Big Story Weekend with Rita Cosby" on Saturday night. The show's airing led to the reuniting of Tee, who's real name is Omar Beidari, with one of his many brothers. Beidari was living in Greensboro, NC with his sibling and working as a veterinarian; he had told his family he was going to Washington, D.C. last month to visit a friend. How Beidari ended up in Boston is still being looked into by police, but he will be going home to North Carolina as early as today.