Flaming manhole this morning.

The Crimson reports on flaming manholes early this morning:

A fire started underground on the corner of Mass Ave and Dunster Street was visible through several manholes in the Square this morning. Harvard's Holyoke Center, Cambridge Savings Bank, Au Bon Pain, and other nearby institutions were evacuated, and automobile access to the Square had been severely restricted by the Cambridge Fire Department. ...

NeutralSurface took photos, including the one on the right.

Channel 5 reports. NECN has video on "the underground mechanical failure" as well (great fire-AND-ice NECN screen capture).

Sushiesque was on the scene later in the morning taking photos of the aftermath:

Mishka gets the day off.

Michael: On second thought, maybe I'll go to Yale.

Crispyfoods captures Old Flameful outside the Pit:

Our hospitals are releasing deadly, toxic fumes into the atmosphere! The Globe has the story:

Boy poisoned by carbon monoxide released from hospital

Oh... my mistake. Just a bad headline from whichever Globe editor didn't quit last week.

Headline on WBZ's Website:
Boys Left In Car Suffer Apparent CO2 Poisoning

Full Article
http://wbztv.com/local/kids.left.in.2.709020.html

Lori Magno reports on the 11:30 a.m. incident, posts annotated photos.

"High Times" Magazine Publisher Rick Cusick and
Keith Stroup Founder of the National
Organization to Reform Marijuana Laws (NORML) were arrested
for allegedly sharing a marijuana
cigarette on Boston Common in September 2007.

The two have refused the offer to dismiss the case with an apology.

The two and their defense team plan to challenge
the constitutionality of marijuana prohibition.

Their next court date is May 15th, 10AM, 24 New Chardon St., Boston. Press conference to follow.

Sitting on the 5:40 at South Station, they just announced that there was a collision at Canton Junction between a commuter rail train and a freight train. They're holding us at South Station until further notice.

Train 917 hit when a CSX boxcar rolled off sidetrack onto main line.

BNSFGP38 posts from the scene:

"SPRINGFIELD, Mass.—Police are investigating the stabbing of a 51-year-old Greenfield man Friday following what investigators say was a dispute over a loaf of white bread."

You notice how they always mention when the bread is white?

Police: Greenfield man killed during fight over loaf of bread

According to witnesses who reported it on b0st0n LiveJournal. Bus traffic was substantially delayed.

Update, from Cambridge Chronicle: Harvard student dead after being hit by truck.

An Acela train hit three workers this afternoon just south of Providence, according to ProJo.com. One worker died.

Of secondary importance, runs on the Providence line are ending at South Attleboro, with buses to Providence.

The heavy rains of the past two weeks have given rise to reawakened concerns about the condition of the State's dams. Fortunately, legislation under consideration by the General Court will provide an innovative method of financing needed dam improvements and eliminate some high-hazard dam threats.