--Paul F. Ware Jr., the special prosecutor looking into the Big Dig has cost the state $1 million so far. Maybe, if the AG's office actually gets around to getting some money out of Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff, they can foot the bill. [Boston Globe]

--More gratuitous limos and tour buses in New Hampshire! Oprah's coming to town to campaign for Obama! She'll be in Manchester, NH, on December 9. [WBZ]

--The Worcester Telegram & Gazette gets caught stealing from the Boston Herald. Not only that, but the author did it in an editorial's opening line. [Boston Daily]

--Somebody may have found love on the Fung Wah over the holiday weekend. [Craigslist]

--Celebrity/semi-celebrity deaths and injuries have been rampant over this weekend. Raise your lighters for Hawthorne Heights guitarist Casey Calvert and Quiet Riot frontman. Redskins safety Sean Taylor was shot and is in critical condition. [Calvert--DCist, Taylor--DCist, Dubrow--TMZ]

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