Published August 25, 2010

An onlooker held a sign as Sen. Edward M. Kennedy's funeral entourage proceeded through Mission Hill. (Korri Leigh Crowley for WBUR)

One year after Kennedy’s death, the people’s champion is remembered around Massachusetts. (Boston Globe, Attleboro Sun-Chronicle, WBZ’s Jon Keller)

Mass. schools are getting a $204 million boost, on top of the $250 million “Race to the Top” money. (WBUR)

The EPA is suing Revere over raw sewage allegedly flowing into Boston Harbor. (Universal Hub)

Joel Tenenbaum, the BU grad student sued for illegally downloading music, is appealing the already-reduced damages he owes to the RIAA. (Boston Globe)

Patients now have a Zagat-like guide for Mass. hospitals. (CommonHealth)

O’Neal might Shaq up in Sudbury. (The Inside Track via Bostonist)

A new butcher shop, The Meat House, has opened in Coolidge Corner. (Patch Brookline)

POTUS is kind of pwning on the golf course in Martha’s Vineyard. (POTUS Pool on Tumblr)

WBUR host Meghna Chakrabarti is having a baby today. (Radio Boston)

Published August 25, 2010

A young fan looked at the field at rainy Fenway Park on Tuesday. The baseball game was postponed. (Elise Amendola/AP)

Boston is underwater — literally, in some places. This is epic, Noah’s Ark rain. But don’t worry, sunny skies are ahead.

A flood advisory and high-surf advisory are in effect for Wednesday. @UniversalHub has been doing a good job on Twitter covering rain delays and power outages. Boston and state police had to remove a woman trapped in her flooded car on Route 1A North in East Boston. Meanwhile, the Red Sox-Mariners day-night doubleheader is on time (details at the Herald’s Sox blog) after yesterday’s cancellation.

Forecasters say the rain will taper to showers and drizzle this afternoon with temperatures remaining in the 60s. A cold front on its way will bring dry, warm weather for Thursday. Weekend temps will get close to 90.

And now a question for you bicycle commuters: Got any advice for biking to work in this? I wore ski pants over my pants and my WBUR rain jacket, but it didn’t make any difference. Share your wisdom in the comments. (Maybe the best advice is to not bike. I was the only person I counted on two wheels today.)

Rain-related update, from my POTUS Pool Miniblog:

POTUS came back out the front door and went to the takeout window at Nancy’s, joined soon by FLOTUS. She turned to the crowd after ordering, with a big smile, and said “How y’all doing? Drying out? Finally!” The crowd responded warmly.

Published August 25, 2010

We’re obsessed with pests this summer. The tick, the mosquito carrying EEE, the Asian longhorned beetle and now, the bedbug.

Mother and child bedbugs (Virginia Tech Department of Entomology via AP)

The pest control company Terminix has released its annual list of “top” U.S. cities for bedbug infestations, and Boston comes in at No. 11. Not sure if that stat qualifies for the 19 reasons Massachusetts is awesome. (New York, Philadelphia and Detroit are the top 3, respectively).

From the company:

Bedbugs were almost eradicated from the United States following World War II, but increasing international travel and other factors have allowed these pests to regain a foothold in the United States.

Maybe we should blame the bat.

I was this close to moving into a building in Cambridge with a bedbug infestation. The broker never told me that.

Published August 25, 2010

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy. (AP)

We knew he was ill. The obituaries were written. But one year ago, the death of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy still shocked us. It was the biggest story in years. The tributes poured in.

In July 2009, we asked: How Will Health Care Reform Fare Without Kennedy, Its Great Champion?

And in January 2010: Dems Question Why Brown Is Gaining On Coakley

Do you think he would believe it today?

We have created a timeline of political milestones since Kennedy’s death. It’s comprehensive.

Here are some of the standout stories from our coverage of his death:

• A Prince Of Camelot Who Got The People’s Work Done
• Kennedy Lived Tragedies, Political And Personal
• Kennedy Remembered As The Senate’s Hardest-Working Man
• The Lion Who Never Forgot The Little Guy
• Kennedy Left An Impression In A Thousand Little Ways
• Live Blogging Sen. Kennedy’s Memorial Services
• In Mission Hill, Kennedy’s Final Act As People’s Champion
• Video: Remembering ‘My Senator’

How did you hear the news? Do you miss him? What do you think of the world a year after Kennedy’s death?