You heard that right--"on our lawn" as opposed to "off our lawn." We're serious! Turns out that Boston--Boston, home of constant tension between college students and permanent residents--is one of the best 100 communities in the United States for children and young people. America's Promise Alliance spotlights the "best places for young people to live and grow up." Mayor Menino is already touting the development in a press release. Some of the city's programs that......

--More cross-dressing criminals! Dr. Richard Sharpe, the dermatologist who liked to play dress-up and who shot his wife to death in 2000, is going on trial Monday for trying to hire a hit man to kill the prosecutor who sent him to jail. Sharpe thought that if he could take out Essex County prosecutor Robert Weiner, he might have a shot at an appeal. This isn't the first time crazy thoughts have floated through Sharpe's......

In Rhode Island you can't get married as a same sex couple. You can't get divorced as a same sex couple either. Well, at least not yet. According to the Providence Journal, the Rhode Island State Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments and give an answer to the question: "May the Family Court properly recognize, for the purpose of entertaining a divorce petition, the marriage of two persons of the same sex who......

Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War. 3,200 troops have died. The following are the soldiers from Massachusetts who lost their lives in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom as listed in the Washington Post: Sgt. Glenn R. Allison - Pittsfield / Lance Cpl. Alexander S. Arredondo - Randolph / Spec. David J. Babineau - Springfield / Staff Sgt. Joseph P. Bellavia - Wakefield / 2nd Lt. Joshua L.......

How on earth can the BPD top "Ruckus Lands Picky Eater in Jail"? Easy. Try this headline for one of yesterday's crimes: "Smile! You're on Closed Circuit TV!" The title says it all. Seriously, if you're an aspiring perp, didn't you get the memo not to get caught when the cameras are rolling? In unfunny blotter news, one man was shot yesterday afternoon in Dorchester, while the BPD rounded up a guy who tried to......

It's rare when we dare to merge sports with the blotter because Matt Taibbi at the Phoenix has that department covered. But a high-school hockey game between Amesbury and Newburyport got ugly when Amesbury fans threw golf balls and squid onto the Newburyport ice. What were these teens thinking? And who found the squid? Real squid? The Globe writes that the Amesbury kids found enough stuff for a "deluge" that "lasted 5 to 10 minutes."......

Bostonist had our eyes on the altar this morning as we awaited the late breaking news from Italy. It wasn’t Torino but that sovereignty tucked away in Rome we like to call the Vatican. While the paper reported today that there was an impending list, and our very own Archbishop might be in the top ten, we heard it on the radio and found the release online. The Vatican announced today that Archbishop Sean, as......

The term "Masshole" is a loving term to describe those of use who live in this state..."Massholia" is the name of a rock 'n roll musical/comedy that opens May 6th in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Now before Bostonians get riled up at the thought of New Yorkers mocking us with the art of theater, Bostonist would like to point out that the show is written, produced and starring lots of Emerson grads, so they are......