[Allston water gun fight photos tagged Bostonist by cden4] Hillary unleashes the hounds. Or delegates. Or something. Whatever, it's for Obama. [Globe] Harvard-Gawker-Phoenix-Hub racist police officer controversy exPLODES! [Gawker, Phoenix, Universal Hub] You'll have to go to Nashville for nice bathrooms; the one at Smith College didn't make the cut. [Boston Daily] U.S. to adopt international accounting standards. [NYT] Spain swims in tomatoes. [Globe] New Orleans is wary of Gustav. [CNN]......

While Tuesday's crash on Storrow Drive was good for a few one liners on the internet, in real life it has caused someone a miserable headache (and we don't mean the hypothetical but clearly nonexistent keeper of the Longfellow Bridge). Over at b0st0n.livejournal.com, a user put two and two together after getting an email about a horrible moving experience over a local college's alumni list. The upshot? The drivers at Broadway Express moving company......

--Prosecutors in Malden District Court have charged a 57-year-old employee of Everett High School with child rape. He is accused of molesting a boy over a seven month period last year. He has worked for the school as a janitor and coach of the junior varsity basketball team. [Boston Globe] --A 28-year-old man has been arrested for the alleged murder of a 25-year-old woman who was found dead in her home in Peabody. Few......

-- Police arrested the Dorchester man responsible for the February 27th lunch brawl at West Roxbury High School. Edwin Reyes, 39, surrendered to police yesterday. Police say that Reyes led a posse of four adults, including his two brothers and an unidentified woman, to assault a West Roxbury student who had allegedly beat up Reyes's son. Reyes stands accused of punching a West Roxbury student and driving his car into a school police officer while......

--Logan Airport is getting wind turbines. And we look to opponents of Cape Wind to ask, "So, what's your issue with wind power again?" [Boston Globe] --Governor Deval Patrick is putting his weight behind a bill that will protect transgendered people. [Boston Globe] --Brigham & Women's will be the first hospital in the United States to perform partial face transplants. [Boston Globe] --Anyone hear a sizzle? Live wires fell on an MBTA bus today......

The Globe is blushing right now. Columnist Adrian Walker, most frequently seen getting Universal Hub's dander up, was arrested early Sunday on an OUI. Making matters worse for the Globe, he was driving a company car when Transit Police in Dorchester arrested him for speeding. He told officers that he had been at Silvertone earlier. He has pled not guilty. But the word is out. The Globe mentioned the incident in "New England in Brief."......

--Some of those who treated the Big Dig like one big, fat ATM are finally getting their just desserts. Yesterday, a Big Dig contractor was charged with trying to overcharge the government by $300,000. They've agreed to plead guilty. [Boston Globe] --Things are getting hotter for Superior Court Judge Richard T. Moses. The Herald is ticking off a list of sex offenders he set free who then went on to commit more crimes. [Boston......

--Note to European officials: Next time you think you've got Whitey Bulger on your hands, make sure it's really him. Two people from Germany just announced that they're the people in the video circulated the FBI, which has led to the frequent hassling of innocent tourists. [Boston Globe] --A Green Line train with 70 passengers derailed at Reservoir last night. Of course, all you could hear if you were waiting for a Green Line......

--More fire department turmoil: A panel of union firefighters determined that the alcohol and drugs found in the bodies of firefighters Paul Cahill and Warren Payne in August's Tai Ho Restaurant blaze did not cause their deaths. But the fire commissioner begs to differ. [Boston Globe, background: Bostonist] --While it's good that the mayor is throwing his efforts behind saving Hendry Street from the foreclosure crisis, the housing problems in Dorchester aren't limited to......

--Adam Gaffin of Universal Hub was on NPR this week to discuss Boston Crime, which tracks violent crime on a Google map and allows people to comment on cases. A must-listen. They describe him as a "computer guy by day, crime chronicler by night." [NPR] --What's with the rats all over a recent edition of the Boston Globe? [Massachusetts Liberal] --Where to find pictures of Boston back in the day. [Beantown Bloggery] --Food sniglets! [Cave......

First, there were the rumors about Tom Brady getting hair plugs. Now, our Governor shaves his head. The state of the Commonwealth's hair is in flux. The reaction on the internet to this news has been mixed: Boston Daily drew comparisons to Britney Spears' infamous head shaving. Local pundit Seth Gitell, though admittedly biased, praised Patrick for his "courageous leadership." Meanwhile, the majority of Universal Hub voters say that they don't care about the story......

--The Coast Guard reined in a 933-foot tanker that broke down off the coast of Cape Cod. The tanker held liquefied natural gas, but the Coast Guard said it didn't leak any. [Boston Globe] --Soon after an accident in which an elderly driver struck a child while he was on his way to vote in Randolph, State Sen. Steve Baddour is campaigning to boost tests for all drivers "throughout their driving careers." [Boston Herald]......

--Word is out that former House Speaker and current WRKO radio-show host is going to drop his plans to become a lobbyist, finally realizing that lobbying while being a talking head might be a conflict of interest. Adam G. joked, "The WRKO job must pay more." [Boston Globe, Universal Hub] --Former Massachusetts governor and now former presidential candidate Mitt Romney says he won't try to be vice-president. But he's changed his mind before. [WCVB]......

--Are you a smoker? House Speaker Sal DiMasi and Senate President Therese Murray are considering raising the cigarette tax. [Boston Globe] --The head of the firefighters union is blaming the press for their current bad reputation. Would it be too terrible of a pun to say, in defense of the media, that where there's smoke, there's fire? [Boston Globe] --An 83-year-old woman was crossing train tracks in Medford when she was hit by an......

--Cambridge was the scene of a violent attack on a homeless man. Early on January 29, the man was walking with his girlfriend in Central Square on Norfolk when three men attacked him, and one of them stabbed him in the back. [Cambridge Chronicle] --Although the incident happened in June, Dorchester is still reeling from an online video showing local Vietnamese American teens and young adults brutally beating a teenage boy and a teenage girl......

--DA Dan Conley has announced a suspect in the murder of Jeffrey Santiago at King Arthur's Lounge in Chelsea--19-year-old Jesse Camacho. Conley has authorized a warrant and wants the public's help in finding him. Here's a description: Camacho goes by the street names of ‘Fat Jesse,’ ‘Baby Jay,’ and ‘Syke.’ He is described as a heavyset Latin male standing between 5’5” and 5’7” tall, weighing about 280 lbs. He is believed to be armed and......

Update: Gintautas Dumcius at the Dorchester Reporter was also early to the Yakovleff story and covers the reaction in the Tuttle Street neighborhood where Yakovleff died. While police have asked for assistance in finding the killer of Daniel Yakovleff, the city's gay community is understandably concerned, the Globe reports. Yakovleff, who was a stylist at Liquid Hair, was out and may have been targeted for his sexual orientation. The incident has galvanized gay activists, who......

--The BPD tied up some loose ends with an armed robbery arrest that happened on the 23rd. They also arrested a 17-year-old and a 20-year-old for pot and guns, while a 17-year-old was arrested for breaking into cars in Dorchester and a 19-year-old was arrested for a road-rage incident on Milk Street. [BPD News] --That's not the last of the budding perps on today's blotter. A 15-year-old was charged with phoning in bomb threats to......

--A man died in a shooting at King Arthur's Lounge (aka strip joint) in Chelsea last night. Two other men were wounded. The Herald suggests that a woman may have been involved with the shooting. The story of strippers with guns is a B-movie waiting to happen. [Boston Herald, background on King Arthur's: Universal Hub] --In a particularly bold bank robbery, a single robber with a gun tied up four people at the East Cambridge......

--A group of activists helped prevent a company from foreclosing on the home of a Dorchester woman and her family. Fifty people showed up to help Melonie Griffiths-Evans, and the event was organized by City Life. [Boston Herald, Boston Globe] --In the event of a storm or disaster, you have a number to call besides 911--211. Whether or not people remember "211" instead of "911" during something serious remains to be seen. Public Enemy......

--Two men have been arrested in the murder of the woman whose body was found in a Dumpster in Dracut on Sunday. Middlesex DA Gerry Leone believes the murder stems from domestic violence. [Boston Globe] --Adam offers a helpful tip to the Globe if they want to start investigating the sudden increase of alleged gang violence in Roslindale. [Universal Hub] --A West Boylston high-school teacher was arraigned today for Internet-based crimes, including "distributing material harmful......

--Yet another explanation for why you should have a sinking feeling in your tummy any time you go over a bridge in Massachusetts. [Boston Herald] --Another storm is expected for Friday, but it's not prompting the mass freakout that the last storm did. [WBZ] --The city of Boston will build a statue that honors Martin Luther King, Jr., and his wife, Coretta Scott King. [AP/Boston Globe] --The Committee on Children, Families, and Individuals With......

A story about hookers would usually be part of the Boston Blotter, but the sudden burst of coverage in the Suburban Hooker Plague deserves its own post. Bostonist is underwhelmed by the Suburban Hooker Plague because prostitution happens all the time in the city, and prostitution-related incidents are so common that they rarely rank on the Blotter. That is, unless the BPD's ongoing "Operation Squeeze" nets a lot of people or particularly old or young......

--This week, legislators will consider banning all hand-held gadgets while driving. [Boston Globe] --You may have noticed that Cape Wind received good news today, but don't expect a wind turbine at City Hall. The idea of the turbine blowing over on the plaza effectively ended the mayor's plan. [Boston Globe] --How to build an igloo in eight easy steps. Was the weather today really that bad? [Boston Globe] --One of NESN's most familiar faces......

--A BPD officer allegedly held up the Best of Boston gas station in Roslindale. You read that right. A BPD officer held up a gas station yesterday afternoon. The officer, 44-year-old Michael T. Jones, wasn't in uniform, nor was he driving his cruiser, but he used his police gun in the robbery. Police Commish Ed Davis, who has dealt with headache after headache in this job, called it "reprehensible," and that's an understatement. Jones has......

Peter Berdovsky--VJ, artist, and one of the men behind last year's "Mooninite Menace"--and the city of Boston better learn to live with each other because Berdovsky isn't going away anytime soon. The AP interviewed Berdovsky about his post-Aqua Teen life, which Bostonist has covered before. Berdovsky has been working steadily as an artist and was voted a top "VJ" in his chosen art medium. He certainly hasn't been shunned by the art community. However, as......

--After such nice weather, a Nor'easter? You're kidding, right? Oh, no. You're not. At least it's scheduled to arrive Sunday, which will make the Pantsless T Ride much more pleasant. [WBZ] --A report indicates that a terrorist attack on Everett LNG would be a bad thing. Gee, ya think so? [Boston Globe] --Alex Jimenez, the soldier from Lawrence who went missing in Iraq last May and who still has not been found, has been......

--Boston NOW made a little boo-boo. [Boston Daily, Universal Hub, everyone but Boston NOW] --Former Boston Red Sox owner Buddy LeRoux has died at the age of 77. LeRoux, a part-owner, was known for trying to take control of the whole organization in a public and messy fashion in 1983. [Boston Globe] --33 teachers in Salem are getting laid off. Obviously, the brainiac who put this idea together didn't realize that teachers work year-round. A......

After Dunkin' Donuts was going to take down its legendary sign in Brighton, the question arose--what next? What are the options if you want to make sure that Dunkin' Brands Inc. doesn't put anything boring or ugly in its place? Inspired by the preservation of the Citgo sign in the 1980s, Bostonist called the Boston Landmarks Commission to see if the sign could be designated a landmark. A representative said that, to become a......

Someone allegedly fired a model rocket at an AirWisconsin plane that was landing at Logan Airport yesterday. According to Danielle Capalbo at the Globe: The pilot of AirWisconsin flight 180A saw what appeared to be a spark or firework in front of the plane around 12:26 p.m., after the jet had descended to 500 feet and was preparing to land, said FAA spokeswoman Holly Baker. The rocket seems to have come from Belle Isle Marsh,......