In the home stretch of Boston University's six-year project to build a high security disease research lab on its medical campus, biolab opponents have ramped up their opposition to the plan.

Students living in the cluster of crowded houses and triple deckers that fill much of Boston University's so-called student ghetto say landlords often ignore their complaints of mold, leaks, air quality and general disrepair in their homes and apartments because of their age.

Thousands of people gathered at City Hall Saturday to protest against Proposition 8, a California ballot measure that banned same-sex marriage in the state only four months after a court ruled to allow the unions.

Students searching for off-campus Allston apartments next year will need to dig deeper into their pockets thanks to a combination of factors.

About 3.5 million people are likely to experience homelessness in a given year, and about 1.4 million of those individuals sleeping on streets will be children, according to a 2007 National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty.

Armed with Gov. Deval Patrick's budget request to allow cities to replace police officers with civilian flaggers at construction sites on roads with speed limits under 45 miles per hour, Boston city councilors called a hearing to see how much the Hub could save over objections from officers who say the move would hurt public safety.

Police responded to a robbery around 11:33 p.m. Nov. 9. Upon arrival, police spoke to a Dominoes delivery man who said he had been beaten up and robbed by five to six men after making a delivery to a North Beacon Street apartment.

Boston drivers may have noticed they are stopping at lights and refilling their tanks less and less now that the city has recalibrated traffic lights to prevent unnecessary idling.

In an inflatable pool filled with gallons of lubricant, Tufts University student Theo Bunce got prepared for a one-minute, slippery wrestling match to promote save sex education '-'- and for new Facebook fodder.

He may be facing charges for breaking the law in cyberspace, but a Boston University student being sued for illegally downloading music online is basing his defense on a decidedly low-tech legal document: the U.S. Constitution.

For those tired of seeing women in Friday evening's mascara on Saturday morning clanking down Commonwealth Avenue in four-inch stilettos on their walks of shame, this night was for them.

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Carol Johnson decided to nix her budget proposal that would have closed three Boston schools last week after parents, students and teachers vocally opposed it.