5 Things: Take Your Dog to the Cafe

[Your Song of the Day]

1. Fido wants brunch. A new bill in New Hampshire would allow dogs to be in restaurants' outdoor seating areas. It gives this opportunity to "allow disciplined and leashed dogs."

2. Watch this. Youtube now has 1 billion active users on its website each month. That is a lot of people watching cute cat videos...

3. Fairly popular. "My Fair Lady" ranks among the most popular musicals in theater history. The show opened on Broadway in New York City in 1956 and ran for 2,717 performances, a record for a musical up to that time.

4. Congrats! Local residents were recently recognized for achieving academic distinction during the University of Massachusetts Lowell's Fall 2012 semester.To qualify for the Dean's List, students must have completed at least 12 graded credits for the semester, have at least a 3.25 grade point average with no grade lower than C and may not have any incompletes. Local Amherst students named to the Dean's List are: Brooke Allaby majoring in criminal justice, Frederick Hwang majoring in electrical engineering and Benjamin majoring in mechanical engineering.

5. Weather Report: Today: Mostly cloudy skies with a few snow showers later in the day. High around 40F. Winds WNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 30%. Tonight: Partly cloudy. Low around 25F. Winds W at 10 to 20 mph.