BEAN COUNTER: VOLUME 4, ISSUE 23

Mayor Thomas Menino and the Boston Public Health Commission are set to launch a series of free fitness programs this summer. Activities include yoga, resistance training, and the “mid-day Downtown Crossing” obstacle course challenge.” PLUS 3

Jian Ma, a former Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School researcher, has been found to have falsified data in a 2008 research paper on lung cancer. An embarrassed Ma issued a statement saying: “So…y’all take this whole ‘cancer’ thing pretty seriously, huh?” MINUS 2

Boston Pops conductor Keith Lockhart leads the BBC Concert orchestra Monday for Queen Elizabeth II’s Diamond Jubilee Concert. For the uninitiated, the celebration marks the anniversary of the queen’s ascension, not an early-’90s X-Men story arc. PLUS 1

A vigil outside the South End’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross aimed to support a group of nuns reprimanded by the Catholic church. Reports that the nuns were hiding a mom-targeted singer in their midst have yet to be confirmed. EVEN

In a speech in Manchester, New Hampshire, Democratic Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley lamented the current “constipation Congress.” Afterward, O’Malley said, “When you’re working the ‘Hamp, it’s poo jokes or bust, really.” PLUS 1

THIS WEEK’S TOTAL: PLUS 3

LAST WEEK’S TOTAL: MINUS 2