Blotter siren — A Dorchester letter carrier was attacked and slashed in an attempted robbery. The victim fought off the assailant, who was armed with a knife and ended up with nothing. The incident took place on Mount Vernon Terrace at about 2:20 p.m. on Thursday. The Herald described the suspect...

Image of a shrine for Gregory Phillips tagged “Bostonist” by Behind Dark Eyes . — A man was found shot dead this morning on Clifford Street in Roxbury. [ BPDNews ] — Gregory A. Phillips, 24, of West Roxbury, was stabbed in the heart during a weekend brawl at the corner of Brighton...

— Some Dorchester voters had more on their minds yesterday than the Boston mayoral contest. A 23-year-old man was shot and killed yesterday morning in front of the John Marshall Elementary School, which serves Dorchester as a polling place. Voting was briefly disrupted, and classes were dismissed...

Dog bites a Red Sox spouse and is sentenced to death. [ Hingham Journal ] A Stoughton dogcatcher gave an expensive “lost dog” to a friend. [ Patriot Ledger ] McFloon! Kevin McCrea endorsed Michael Flaherty for mayor today. [ South End News ] Several ministers who “endorsed” Mayor...

Republicans at Brown fight to celebrate Columbus. The ghosts of thousands of slain native Americans were unavailable for comment. [ Providence Journal ] Tom Cruise stopped the traffic on the Zakim without special Scientology powers. [ WHDH ] Powerball is coming to Massachusetts. [ Boston Herald ] Energy...

— 25 year-old Joseph Cousin was sentenced to life with the possibility of parole after being convicted of killing Trina Persad in 2002. At his sentencing hearing, Cousin maintained his innocence, claiming “I can look at Trina’s picture every single day and know that I am not the one...

The Boston Globe profiled one of its potential new owners , California-based buyout firm Platinum Equity and its CEO and founder Tom Gores. There is something familiar about the photo of Gores in the Globe piece. Universal Hub notes that Dan Kennedy compared him to Tony Manero. Bostonist thinks he has...

Image by Auntie Lola from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Thirteen communities Massachusetts are getting $8.1 million in federal stimulus cash to rehire 127 firefighters. [ Boston Herald ] While Martha Coakley has some favorable polling data , Alan Khazei has something Coakley probably...

A Somerville man was arrested last week after allegedly breaking into a woman’s apartment and threatening her with a BB gun while looking for a former tenant, whom he called Paulie. [ Somerville Journal ] Here is the original post: Oddblotter: Paulie Didn’t Leave a Forwarding Address

Image by itripped42, from photos tagged “Bostonist” on Flickr . Senator John Kerry included a $20 million earmark in a Defense Department bill to fund the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the United States Senate. [ Boston Globe ] Martha Coakley spent lots of cash gearing up for a Senate...