--Police might be getting closer to tracking down the individual who attacked two women on the Esplanade on June 16 and July 29. The DA and the State Police put out a release saying they want to talk to five people who may have seen the man before the attacks happened. On June 16, one of the victims spotted a man by an Esplanade footbridge at 11:15. On July 29, the other victim saw two......

--The victim of the hatchet attack on Marion Street in East Boston has died. The Herald notes that his death brings this year's murder count to 19. --The BPD caught three perps - one from Puerto Rico - and nine kilos of cocaine. That must have been some party! --More information is emerging about why Cape Cod doctor Ann Gryboski shot and killed her husband, Patrick Lancaster. Lancaster was apparently, allegedly an asshole of a......

--The story of the Cape Cod doctor who killed her husband is starting to read like something out of a thriller or television episode. Ann Gryboski has alleged that her husband, Patrick Lancaster, abused her, and she shot him in the midst of a fresh argument. Gryboski appeared in court bearing the marks of having been beat up, and her lawyer will claim that she acted in self-defense under the "battered woman's defense." The case......

--Newton brought out the bomb squad when someone spotted some suspicious backpacks on a fence at Newton North High School. The backpacks were stuffed with newspaper and $1 dollar bills, and they promoted some website called b4class.com. townonline.com has pictures of their bomb-testing robot, which reminds us of Number Five from Short Circuit. Of course, people are thinking "Aqua Teen!" and having Berdvosky/Stevens flashbacks, but at least the Aqua Teen campaign was somewhat creative. Dumping......