Published August 30, 2010

This just in: The Cambridge biotech firm Genzyme has rejected a $18.5 billion offer from the French drug maker Sanofi-Aventis, which made the bid public on Sunday. Genzyme says it’s worth way more than $18.5 billion. (Globe)

A lot of blood was shed in metro Boston this weekend:

• A man was shot to death on Blue Hill Ave in Dot on Saturday night. (Globe)
• A man was shot to death in Roxbury on Saturday morning. (BPD)
• A man was shot to death in Mattapan on Saturday morning. (BPD)
• Police are seeking a Cambridge man in the death of a man in Medford on Saturday morning. (Globe)

And the summer of weird lobster discoveries continues, this time with an orange-and-black calico lobster off the coast of Maine. (The lobster will be spared.)