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• Congressman Michael Capuano will announce on Friday that he is running for Edward M. Kennedy’s Senate seat. Capuano said he waited to join the race out of respect for Sen. Kennedy. [Boston Herald]

• With Mass. Attorney General/Senate candidate Martha Coakley now supporting the appointment of a temporary Senator to replace Ted Kennedy and momentum growing to change the law to allow it, former Governor Michael Dukakis is being seen as a leading choice for the interim appointment. [Boston Globe]

We've been scolded in the past for making jokes about how shady Worcester is. But, thanks to the tree-devouring Asian Longhorned Beetle, the Paris of the 80s is about to have a lot less shade. The Globe reports that the dreaded beetle was found on as many as 15 Worcester trees, the fourth known infestation in the U.S. The only way to eradicate the insect is to destroy infested trees.