November 12 is the 317th day of the year. On this date in 1933 Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.

* TCT: Allied Drive store aims to show residents time is money

* WISN: 30 UW-Madison Students Stricken By Norovirus

* WSJ: In a move likely to draw a legal challenge, the state's elections agency voted unanimously Tuesday to require backers of thinly veiled campaign ads to disclose who pays for them.

* TCT: Smoking ban, hospital tax will be among Dems' top state priorities

* BH: A number of Madison residents voiced their concerns Tuesday regarding Metro bus fares increasing next year, proposing instead to cut back on road improvements. However, the City Council voted to keep funding for road projects at their proposed levels.

* Weiss: Looking ahead to the Capital Budget, it's evident that the weeks since the Mayor released his budget have been a time of drawing battle lines for Madison's alders. Most of the amendments come from two diametrically-opposed factions of Alders.

* Miss the Signpost: Madison to protest California's Proposition 8 on Friday

* MAL: What happened to all the voter fraud nonsense from which our intrepid Attorney General was going to protect us?

* Van Haren: Rebuking Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen

* MBR: Wisconsin Brewery [News] Tour

* PopMatters: Perhaps one of the best Britrock records of 2008, a year which has seen releases from UK giants like Coldplay, Snow Patrol, Keane and Travis, comes to us special delivery from Madison, Wisconsin