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-- A 23-year old female from Boston was charged with disturbing the peace after being refused a refund at the 28th Annual Scooper Bowl on Thursday. [BPDNews.com] -- A 19-year-old from New York faces weapons charges after carrying a loaded gun into South Station Wednesday morning. Drake Scott was sleeping on a station bench as an MBTA transit police officer approached him and woke him. The suspect admitted to having smoked marijuana despite not having any on his person. Police searched his backpack and found a loaded .380-caliber handgun inside of a red bandana. He pleaded not guilty on Thursday and is being held on $25,000 cash bail. [Globe, Herald] more ›

Just because you're being encouraged to eat some yummy ice cream for two more days is no reason to assume drinking a carbonated beverage this summer will be encouraged no matter how good it is. Yes, you read that correctly. The 28th-annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl continues today and Thursday on City Hall Plaza from Noon to 8 p.m., and benefits the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Oh, and, the Boston Public Health Commission wants city dwellers to skip soda from June 21 to September 6. more ›

The gridiron at the opening of the annual Jimmy Fund Scooper Bowl was simply grueling. The conditions were bleak, with the temperature in the fifties and a slight drizzle fluttering in from every which way. Most of the competition that fills the fenced-off court in previous years was gone, leaving the pavement at Government Center slick. Despite the uneasy conditions, with potential to lose one's grip, balance, or feeling in one's extremities at every turn, those with guts of steel and gullets of gargantuan strength made it out for all the tough licks and delicious hits at the Scooper Bowl. more ›

News flash: white people like enjoying things ironically. This includes trucker hats, '80s "fashion," and even children's games played as adults. The now annoyingly infamous "Stuff White People Like" blog, which can (ironically?) list itself as something white people like way too much, recently featured Boston's own Government Center in an image of people playing children's games (specifically, Red Rover). more ›

Some mornings, when the sky is low and cloudy and the forecast calls for rain, Bostonist purposely leaves our raincoat home in an attempt (usually fruitless) to will away bad weather. Just so, when the rain and cool temperatures persist into June (see this past weekend), we feel inclined to do warm-weather things to force summer's hand. Luckily, tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday will provide the perfect opportunity, as the Scooper Bowl will be taking place... more ›

To continue with the theme of sugar-packed fatty goodness...the Scooper Bowl is finally here. more ›

Lots of the city's fancy restaurants are opening their cash registers this weekend for The 14th Annual Super Hunger Brunch. Thirty-seven eateries are having brunches with 100% of the proceeds going to the Greater Boston Food Bank. Prices range from $20 at Dockside Restaurant to $50 at Icarus. You can pick up a "Chef Card" ticket in advance at the restaurants, and many have already sold out. And if you aren't the type to get up before noon, you can grab dinner at Il Capriccio tonight or Craigie Street Bistro and Garden of Eden tomorrow, and they'll donate some dollars as well. more ›