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Occupy Boston Cleared, 46 Arrested

At five o'clock Saturday morning Boston Police raided Occupy Boston and cleared all protesters arresting only 46. After nearly 10 weeks Dewey Square is clear after an early morning raid by the Boston Police 29 hours after the Mayor Menino deadline.  On Thursday morning...

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Lauren Lovette's Trial Ends

The jurors in the case of Laurence Lovette have reached a decision; guilty on all counts. Lovette was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, as well as other additional charges including kidnapping and robbery, as well as murder. The prosecution was convinced that...

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Laurence Lovette, Accused of Murdering Eve Carson, Continues His Trial

Eve Carson is a well known name around UNC, North Carolina, and many other states as well. She was an undergraduate student at the University of North Carolina as well as Student Body President. Her life was cut short when she was brutally murdered in 2008 after being carjacked and taken to an ATM...

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Boston Ranked "Drunkest City"

Dayyumm straight. Our beloved city was ranked as 2011's "drunkest city" by the Daily Beast. Are we surprised? Hell No. Are we proud? Hell to the YES. According to the Beast's highly scientific study, Bostonians drink an average of 15.5 alcoholic beverages per month and 20.1% of us are binge...

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Colorado State University Student Plunges To His Death At Pretty Lights Concert

Christopher Engel, a 20-year-old, Colorado State University student plunged to his death at the Pretty Lights concert at 1st Bank Center early Sunday morning. Engel was attending the New Years Eve concert and at 1:15 am Sunday morning feel from second level of seating behind the stage. It is still...

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UT College Republicans' President Fails at Twitter

As we are all well aware social medias are extremely powerful. A couple of weeks ago I wrote a story about how to self promote yourself using social medias. This is not what I had in mind. UT College Republicans presidents apparently don't know understand Twitter and the fact...

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Veterans Support Iraqi Restaurant After Hate Crime

Last Wednesday the Babylon Restaurant in Lowell, a well known Iraqi restaurant in the community was vandalized after a man threw a 20 pound rock through their window. The owners of the restaurant feared they were being targeted as a hate crime.Lowell police have found the man and charged him...

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NH's Tax-Free Get... More Tax-Free?

It's long been known that New Hampshire is pretty much the most tax-free state in America; now it looks like some of that anti-tax sentiment will be embedded into the state's Constitution.  According to Boston.com, "The House votes Wednesday on a constitutional amendment that would bar any new...

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BREAKING: Sketchy Truck Leaking Possibly Hazardous Substance in Haymarket

Traffic is backed up down in Haymarket at the moment due to a broken down truck leaking a possibly hazardous substance.  The truck is at street level, parallel to Haymarket.  Police and fire squads are on the scene. The truck is leaking a substance that is picking up slight radiation...

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UC Davis Chancellor Super Sorry For Pepper Spraying Everyone

By now, everyone is very well aware of the Occupy UC Davis situation. It has even resulted in one of the best meme's around, the LT. Pike meme. A few days ago, the students at UC Davis shamed their chancellor with the silent treatment. She awkwardly walked by the students without uttering a word....

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