--People marched yesterday in memory of Martin Luther King, Jr., and Steven Odom, a 13-year-old who was shot and killed in random gunfire. [Boston Globe] --Michael P. Lewis, former head of the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority, was fired. He didn't retire. Yet he gets a pension of $72,578 a year. And people wonder why this state is broke? [Boston Globe] --Christopher McCowen, the man convicted for killing fashion writer Christa Worthington in Truro, will not......

--The BPD is starting yet another crime-stopping program that is sure to raise eyebrows. In this case, police will search bedrooms of teenagers suspected of having guns without a warrant. Regarding the alarming "without a warrant" part, the BPD plans to ask the parent for permission first. The rationale for this is that some parents may know their kids have guns, but they don't know what to do about it. Commish Ed Davis and DA......

The death of 13-year-old Steven Odom by a stray bullet inspired a lot of talk about stopping violence on the street, but we've heard it all before. Odom's grieving family is trying to convert that talk into action. In a press conference yesterday afternoon, they called for a meeting with governor Deval Patrick -- and they got one. In WBZ video of the press conference, Kimberly Odom, Steven's mother, spoke in a tone that was......

--The BPD has announced that an "errant shot" hit Steven Odom, 13, in the head in front of his own home. Odom was killed in Dorchester on Thursday night. Commish Davis says that police already have leads. But that's not going to help the family. Gangs and gunfights in this city are a huge problem, and it's incidents like these, where an innocent kid dies, that makes it seem as if the police and the......

A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed last night in front of his own home on Evans Street in Dorchester. Steven Odom was returning from basketball around 8:00 pm when he was shot in the head by unknown assailants. Boston's gunshot detection system, which was tested earlier this week, picked up four gunshots. The Herald reported that three men may have been involved. As of right now, the killers are at large, and the cause......