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Local Susan G. Komen affiliate: Planned Parenthood's never asked us for money, so we're cool, right?

Susan G. Komen for the Cure Massachusetts posts on its Facebook page that the national group's decision to stop giving money to Planned Parenthood for mammography screenings because of, oh, trumped up allegations by Republican congressmen won't affect anything in Massachusetts because the local…

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MBTA investigating possible gay-bashing attack on the Mattapan Line

The Dorchester Reporter reports on an incident Monday night in which a man was assaulted by two men who also yelled "racial and homophobic slurs" at him near the Butler Street stop - and then tried to pull him off the trolley.

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Kevin White's funeral

WGBH provides the audio from today's funeral - you can listen to the whole thing or to specific speakers.

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Un-fare

Also see: Riders of the Hull ferry talk about the proposed end of their commute: read more

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Citizen complaint of the day: What does Boston Water and Sewer have against concrete?

UPDATE: See the comments for why this is all really the DPW's fault, well, except for the part about doing a half-assed job at leveling off the asphalt to begin with. Of course, you have to doff your hat to the dedicated men and women of the Boston Water and Sewer Commission, who tirelessly toil…

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You've just won $24 million for being offended by the state seal - so what do you replace it with?

Probably not the original seal, embedded in the Old State House. We already have one proposal - a giant hole - but could we do better? What would best represent our fair commonwealth…

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Man charged with dickish behavior on a T bus in Dorchester

A Quincy man was arrested at Ashmont station yesterday after a passenger on an arriving 215 bus from Quincy reported he'd been masturbating on the trip. Michael Wilson, 51, was charged with open and gross behavior, according to MBTA Transit Police. A police report quotes one witness who said she…

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Make way for Gronklings

On their way to Indianapolis?

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Cambridge man wants $24 million because the state seal offends him

The Herald reports on some guy who finds a state seal showing an arm holding a sword above an Indian extemely offensive. The Herald says a Suffolk Superior Court judge agreed with the state Attorney General's office a temporary restraining order against the seal wasn't warranted because the…

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