Bulger will never set foot in South Boston again

Guilty on the racketeering acts, including at least 10 of the murders and most of the other non-murder acts, and guilty on most other charges, including the 20 money laundering counts and the 6 heavy weapons violations.

The MBTA has shut down the Orange, Red and Blue lines. A shuttle bus will be making all stops of all three lines.

is the sound of Howard Lawrence Carr laughing maniacally and rubbing his grubby hands together with glee.

goes to WBZ radio - who spent almost 20 minutes reminding their listeners that "the jury had reached a verdict, but we don't know what that verdict is yet because it hasn't been announced."

Sadly, I was forced to endure this nonsense thanks to a co-worker, who still hasn't figured out that perhaps it's not the best idea to place his radio on top of books on a shelf (instead of on his desk like everyone else in the office does), so that the sound then broadcasts across the cubicle walls instead of into his cubicle.

for the record, I've discussed this issue in the past with my co-worker's boss, and provided the obvious solution (i.e. put the radio on the d@^^ desk). The volume goes down for a few days, but eventually is increased. Perhaps it's time for another talk, especially as we are about to relocate to new cubicles in a month or so.