Published November 5, 2010

What’s news on a rainy Friday morning in Boston:

A high school guidance counselor told Roderick Ireland he would only amount to an auto mechanic. Now he is poised to become the first black chief justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. (WBUR)

A flight-school owner in Stow 30 students were arrested for being here illegally. “Those arrested at the school about 30 miles west of Boston are Brazilian and have no known terrorist ties.” (AP)

Tim Cahill settled the lawsuit against his former aides. “Loscocco-gate” was the October surprise of the gubernatorial race. (State House News Service)

Big Papi stays in Boston… for  now. “The Sox yesterday exercised their one-year, $12.5 million option on Ortiz, electing to trade more money for less of a commitment.” (Globe)

The contractors responsible for hitting a gas line that blew up a Hyde Park house will keep working the job. The man who lost his house is pretty miffed with Mayor Menino, who lives three blocks away. (Universal Hub)

The Herald still hates Rep. Barney Frank. A “news story” calls Frank a “fading Capitol Hill power broker.” (Herald) See also.