--A man was shot in the chest in Cambridge last night at the intersection of Windsor and Harvard. Police say the injury is life-threatening. [Boston Globe]

--A robber attacked a clerk at the Brookline convenience store One Stop Market, holding a knife to the clerk's throat, on Wednesday. The "other BPD" has released videotape in an effort to track the man down. [Fox 25]

--A suspect has been named in the murder of nurse Margaret Ninos, who was found dead in her home in Medfield. The police are looking for Andrew L. Boisvert, her ex-husband and the same person who called 911 about her death. [WBZ]

--The kid who escaped a man who tried to kidnap him on Thursday in Belmont is one tough cookie. He used his karate training to get away from the creep and notified everyone around, "This is not my parent!" [Boston Herald]

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