It's Good to Live in a Two-Daily Town

The Boston Herald earns Headline o’ the Day honors for this:

Strip club vows to keep guns out

The same Herald piece is also in the running for Empty Quote o’ the Day:

“Public safety is the highest priority of this establishment,” said Glass Slipper attorney Kenneth Tatarian . . .

The Boston Globe, on the other hand, gets the nod for better  – actually only – graphic (since the Herald doesn’t have any):

There are other compare-and-contrast goodies as well.

Globe on the dispute that triggered the shooting:

Two patrons at The Glass Slipper strip club in downtown Boston were shot in the head by another patron during an ­apparent fight about a booth early Wednesday, authorities said.

Herald on same:

The Glass Slipper erupted in violence at 2:13 a.m. when a fight broke out between patrons over who had dibs to a viewing booth, authorities said.

Oh – a viewing booth.  That explains a lot.

Globe on apprehending the shooter:

The alleged gunman — Steve A. Gayle, 34, owner of a video gaming company in Jamaica Plain — was arrested by Boston police moments after the shooting, which occurred inside the club at 22 LaGrange St.

Gayle was apprehended outside, holding a silver-colored handgun and carrying a backpack with 16 rounds of ammunition, authorities said.

Herald on same:

Steve A. Gayle, 34, of Jamaica Plain was arrested as he scurried from the club, brandishing a silver revolver and backpack with 16 bullets, right past a Boston cop on a detail at the neighboring strip club, Centerfolds, according to court records.

Scurried? Seriously? These papers really do inhabit entirely separate universes.

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