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• After a near collision yesterday and another mishap involving trains in Massachusetts today, does Jeffrey Mullan really want to run the new MassDOT when it opens up for business on November 1? Really? [Boston Globe]

• The Massachusetts House of Representatives may vote as early as Thursday on a bill that would allow Gov. Deval Patrick to pick a temporary replacement for Sen. Ted Kennedy in the U.S. Senate. Channel 5 reports the bill would pass the House but not necessarily the state Senate. [WCVB]

• After several accidents involving elderly drivers, a Mass. legislative committee will recommend a bill requiring drivers 75 and older to pass cognitive and physical tests. [WCVB]

• Big Dig subcontractor Adams Management Group Inc. was sentenced to a year of probation and fined $24,000 for overcharging for Central Artery/Tunnel project work performed by apprentice workers. [Boston Business Journal]

• There's a new book out about Harvard Square's history. [Boston Herald]

• Earlier today, Bostonist reported that Celtics co-owner Steve Pagliuca, wants to buy campaign for the vacant Mass. Senate seat. Those communists at the Wall St. Journal reminded us of Pagliuca's connection to Mitt Romney. [Wall St. Journal]

• The Ukraine won't let Elton John adopt a14-month old boy with HIV. The man used to dress up as a duck, Ukraine. The kid would love him. [AP via Yahoo!News]

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