Published April 26, 2011

Jury selection in the corruption trial of former House Speaker Sal DiMasi and two other co-defendants begins today. In the DiMasi trial — the third-consecutive corruption probe of a Massachusetts House Speaker — analysts are bracing for an explosive look into the inside workings of influence peddling on Beacon Hill.

Logan Airport isn’t immune to the recent turmoil of the aviation industry — headlines like sleeping air traffic controllers and minor runway crashes have splashed across front pages — according to the Metro.

Attorney General Martha Coakley subpoenaed records from the state Lottery Commission and the treasurer’s office as part of an investigation of former treasurer Tim Cahill’s lottery ad campaign that ran during his gubernatorial bid.

City Year co-founder Alan Khazei announced yesterday that he’s running to unseat Sen. Scott Brown in a 2012 senate bid. Khazei also ran for the seat in the January 2009 special election.

Surgeons at Brigham and Women’s performed the nation’s second full-face transplant yesterday. Doctors at the hospital performed the first full-face transplant last month.

In Boston, we remember former Sox slugger Manny Ramirez as a bit of a knucklehead, if a supremely-skilled knucklehead. A former New York Times reporter who followed Manny through his high school career in the Bronx says he’s always been that way.

What we’re following: We’ll continue to report on the budget debate on Beacon Hill and environmental authorities battling the Asian longhorn beetle.