BOSTON—Hizzoner says that gay marriage has made the city "a much better place to live." Mayor Menino "is one of the more than 75 mayors joining the nascent group Mayors for the Freedom to Marry." [Top Mag via The Hub]
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HUB-WIDE—Good and bad news re: crime on the T: "The number of murders, rapes and violent assaults on the MBTA dropped slightly last year, but non-violent property crimes, including the theft of cellphones, bicycles and even catalytic converters from vehicles parked in T lots jumped 26 percent." [Boston.com]