Remember that 9% raise the MBTA gave to its top brass but couldn't figure out how to pay for? Well, now it doesn't have to. After Transportation Secretary Bernard Cohen asked T general manager Dan Grabauskas "WTF?", Grabauskas rescinded the pay increase for the T's highest paid employees. Non-union administrators making less than $70,000 will still see a boost in pay.......

MBTA general manager Dan Grabauskas, who never takes the T, told the Globe to expect a "hefty" fare hike in 2010 if the state doesn't bail out the beleaguered transportation authority. Fare increases have happened every three years since 2001, when the legislature stopped covering the T's debt at the end of each budget period. Without the fare increase or legislative action, Grabauskas warned, the T will have to cut bus routes (a lot of......

The First No Pants 2K8 Saturday, January 12 3:00 pm Alewife Station Details on the Pants-Free Par-Tay Ride the T pantsless! Following the lead of other cities, a bold Boston man, Adam Sablich, has organized No Pants 2K8 for this city. Founded by the group Improv Everywhere, No Pants 2K8 is exactly what you think. You get on the train, and you take off your pants. Your pants, people, not what's underneath. Here's the details......