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--Just because you're a Harvard student doesn't mean you're smart. The Crimson reports that a junior was arrested for "hitting and kicking a police officer and breaking the window of a patrol car." What could have irritated him so much? His friends said that he was "intoxicated at the time." That's an understatement.

One of our favorite little quirks in sports is that, when a hockey player is listed as active or inactive for a given game, the announcers say "so-and-so will [or will not] be dressed for tonight's game". It made us giggle as eighth-graders; it makes us giggle today. But giggling seems somehow inappropriate at today's Globe story about the New York artist named Kurt Kauper, who's causing a splash in the art and hockey world...

Ari Brown-Weeks, 23, of Leyden in Western Mass, died in Iraq in a truck accident. Weeks was with the Army's 82d Airborne Division. He was one of seven paratroopers who died when their vehicle rolled over on Monday in Western Baghdad. The truck fell 30 feet from an elevated highway. The Recorder notes that he had been in Iraq for over a year and was scheduled to return in October....

Earlier today the home page of Channel 5's website carried a story about a Massachusetts bridge closure in prominent position. It's since been buried on the site. The story with the headline "Mass. Bridge Closed After Minn. Tragedy" evoked imagery of any of those bridges we reported on earlier, I-91 closures as it crisscrosses the Connecticut river, or some span over hills on Rt. 2, or even more local like the length that leads over...

Paris is in jail, the Red Sox are on their way to California, Mitt is still running for president, but we're bringing it back to the clubs. Well, the clubs and urban outfitters. Some folks that seem like they've been around forever (dinosaur jr.) and those who legitimately have been around forever (Lee "scratch" Perry) come and visit the nontraditional and traditional venues, respectively, as part of this weeks music picks. Tuesday 6/5 The...

Car and bus commutes through Downtown Boston were a nightmare this morning, thanks to a big hole. At approximately 7:00 a.m., a major water main broke, blasting a 10 foot by 20 foot crater in Blackstone Street. The break occurred near Haymarket Square, a.k.a. - "where all the new Big Dig streets and exits are, so no one knows where the hell they're going, anyway." Needless to say, traffic has been a mess all day....

Yesterday, employees at a fishery in Turners Falls fell into an 18-foot tank of fish feces - barramundi feces, to be exact.

The cost of doing business usually accounts for the stolen pencils and office supplies that employees will pocket and take home with them. Some staples here, tape there, or a couple of personal Xeroxes now and again are par for the course. News came out today that the MBTA police have uncovered one employee taking home a little more than that. A 69 year old retired electrician for the T had been taking home tokens and coins for long enough to amass 17 five-gallon buckets full, approximate cash value of about $40,000. A nice boost to his retirement savings. Or it was, until the cameras caught him plunking token after token into the CharlieVendingMachines at Wellington Station. He'd maxed out some number of CharlieTickets/CharlieCards at $100. After they questioned him at his home he showed them the booty stored in his basement. Arraignment is set for March 21.

We really aren't sure where this came from. It seems like the stereotypes portrayed below have been applied to areas around St. Louis, Florida, Memphis, Detroit, among other US geographic locations. It came to us via email, un-attributed to the author (email us, we'll give you credit), and humorously rang true for some of the locations integrated into the list. Suggestions for the South Boston Barbie (both original model and Fort Point edition), Cantabrigian Barbie,...

After losing the WHDH Chief Meteorologist seat to Pete Bouchard just over a year ago, Todd Gross bounced off to the internets rather quickly. Todd has continued to update his weather blog, but has quietly (for those of us inside 128) has also taken up residence at the Western Mass NBC affiliate WWLP out of Springfield. He reminds us today that it has been 29 years to the day since the blizzard of '78....

The $3.5 million dollar question on the ballot this November is if supermarkets will be allowed to sell wine in their stores. Currently weird restrictions remain for grocery stores selling wines. Chains are only allowed to sell wine in no more than three their stores. For instance, Trader Joe's is only allowed to sell wine in their Brookline, Cambridge, and Boston locations. It forces Back Bay 'Joe consumers to take a ride on the Green...

Who wants to be inside a theater in weather like this? This evening, Bostonist won't have to choose between staying outdoors, seeing a band, and enjoying some of our favorite movies: Friday 8/11 Battleship Potemkin (Bronenosets Potyomkin) ArtsUnion brings a revolt and a sinking Russian warship to Union Square. The KNOWmovement Orchestra provides ambient lighting and a live soundtrack for Eisentein's groundbreaking silent classic. Union Square, Somerville 7:30-9:30 pm, free (rain date Saturday 8/12) Battleship...

A free concert put on every Thusday Night in the summer by the Springfield Business Imporovement District starts at 7:30 pm, and runs till late. The event first happened in 1999 and has been a huge success since, drawing 4,000 to 6,000 people for each Thursday night, and has become a big draw for bikers and music lovers from NY, Conn., Eastern Mass., Rhode Island, and Vermont, in addition to Western Mass. locals. With...

While we don’t long for the days of having a required summer reading list, Bostonist has been feeling a bit inspired to pick up a book and actually start reading something not on a computer screen. Since we’re going to be “vacationing” in the city this year, we might as well read some books that are set here in our fair state. Here are some of our Bostonist staff picks for your reading enjoyment. History...

After a weekend of green, beer, and basketball, Bostonist is drained. It all started for us 10 years ago when our Western Mass. roots were honored as UMass Amherst team went to the Final Four with Coach Cal. and Marcus Camby (who later cost the Final Four standing for “improper gifts” – jewelry and prostitutes). Since then we’ve faithfully filed out our brackets each season. Sometimes we pick the underdogs for an upset and sometimes we glean knowledge from those who have followed entire season. We usually only catch a dozen or so games before the Madness begins. This year seems to be a particularly bad year for our bracket. It’s not any consolation that Dick Vitale is sitting in our boat for the Final Four selections.

One thing Bostonist needs more of is money - with $130,000 in law school debt and a day job that, while we love it, doesn't pay as well as we'd like (stupid public sector!), we're always looking for ways to make a quick buck. As luck would have it, we've also always been something of an insomniac. We're forever filled with envy by people who fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow, and can't help but wonder "why not us?" And living in the center of a bustling city just doesn't help - the jackhammers, delivery trucks with that annoying back-up beeping, and constant buzzing sound just outside our window aren't nearly as soothing as quietude of our Western Mass. childhood. So when we saw an ad on Craigslist for one of those ubiquitous sleep studies, we were quick to call for details. For $200 a night, all we would have to do was ingest a trial sleep drug, stay at a quiet sleep center in beautiful Newton for 10 hours, have a few electrodes attached to our head, and try not to mind the camera that would be just above our head all night. Get paid to take drugs, sleep in someone else's bed, and not have to put out, all while getting to be on TV? Bostonist was ready to get on board.

After being entertained by Werner Herzog’s new flick, Grizzly Man, but not particularly impressed we’re going for broke on free media push-delivery this week. Chalk it up to Bostonist’s philosophy that it can’t be that bad if it’s free, we’re heading to see the Staind show on City Hall Plaza after work today. The Fusion Flash Concert, which Staind spilled the beans about the date on their website a couple weeks ago, has officially been...

Bostonist doesn't recall the local shopping mall as an unsafe location growing up in our teen years, but in Holyoke no one under the age of 18 will be allowed into the local mall (after 4 p.m. on weekends) without parental accompaniment or proper identification. The reported problem is that large "gangs" of children shoplift and their presence is scaring away older clientele from the mall. The mall claims that since the policy was implemented,...