What’s News


Your condensed guide to today’s daily papers.

1209558225Nothing says trusting your men like a police detail: Fire commissioner Roderick Fraser has requested that a police officer be stationed outside Fire Department headquarters to make sure nobody tampers with subpoenaed documents pertaining to a federal investigation into pension abuse. [Globe]


Is the Speaker losing his touch? There are whispers around the House that Democrats are planning to replace Sal DiMasi with Robert DeLeo. [Herald]

If Sal does get the boot, maybe he can do talk radio: He’d be almost guaranteed to do a better job than former House Speaker Tom Finneran, who lost 23,000 listeners this winter. [Herald]

If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em: Mayor Tom Menino will attend this weekend’s Boston Civic Summit, despite his initial skepticism about the meeting. [Globe]