Tristie-Mattea Ortiz reports how two classmates and she sprung into action while studying at the Copley Square library last month when they spotted a pigeon who needed help - he had "a visibly broken wing and missing toe." They were preparing to take it back on the Green Line to try to rehab it in their dorm - luckily, one of them was an avid birder - when they got a call back from 311 and were redirected to the MSPCA in Jamaica Plain, where, on the long trek over, they named the bird Freduardo.

NBC Boston reports a fight between two men on Boylston Street outside the BPL main library Monday morning spilled into the cafe just past the main entrance, where one of the combatants, with an axe in one hand, kept trying to carve up the other guy, but fortunately for that man, armed with just a knife, his opponent was unable to land any blows.

Boston Police report seizing more than 20 scooters in take-out-heavy areas in the Back Bay, Fenway and the South End yesterday. Read more.

Update: Copley workers are steamed.

Boston Public Library officials say they're hopeful they can turn the air conditioning back on in the new wing of the Copley library early next week after work is finished on a project to rebuild a loading dock at the library - although they caution that, as with any construction project, there could be delays. Read more.

Brian reports the doors to the main library in Copley Square were shut again. The signs on the doors said just the new wing was closed, but he says there was no staff in the old wing to help puzzled patrons.

A week ago, the signs said the entire library was shut.

State Police report a man whose body was found on the exit ramp from the Massachusetts Turnpike to Copley Square died from falling 20 feet from a ledge, not by being hit by a car. Read more.

The Boston Licensing Board today approved a proposal by Food & Life Companies of Osaka to open Sakabayashi Sushi Tavern at 665 Boylston St. in Copley Square, where the b.good used to be.
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A federal judge yesterday agreed to let Charles Murrell III, beaten by members of the white-supremacist Patriot Front rabble on July 4th weekend last year, formally alert the group's leader of his lawsuit against it by e-mail instead of in person, because the guy has been changing addresses like somebody who doesn't really want to be served with lawsuit paperwork. Read more.

Noon update: The T reports the problem is fixed, but says delays could persist through the afternoon due to the need to send a wire-inspection crew along the tracks.

For the third time in less than a week, the MBTA has been forced to roll out some buses to play the role of trolleys after yet another power problem near Copley Square. Read more.

Transit Police report they are looking for a guy who took advantage of a Green Line rider's lapse of forgetfulness at Copley to walk off with two laptops early on Oct. 10. Read more.