National News
CQ - Budget Analysis Could Be a Problem for Democrats’ SCHIP Plans
House Democrats’ hopes to force another vote on expanding a popular children’s health insurance program may be stymied by a new cost estimate for the legislation.
Politico - Pelosi OKs drilling vote, but at a price
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) will grant the Republicans' their big wish this campaign season — a vote on offshore oil and gas drilling — but only if the GOP accepts a few of her own demands.
NY Times - Export Boom Helps Farms, but Not American Factories
Exports are the bright spot this year in an otherwise bleak economy. But the world is not suddenly snapping up made-in-America goods like aircraft, machinery and staplers. The great attraction is decidedly low-luster commodities like corn, wheat, ore and scrap metal.
International News
Washington Post - Justice Dept. Moves Toward Charges Against Contractors in Iraq Shooting
Federal prosecutors have sent target letters to six Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead, indicating a high likelihood the Justice Department will seek to indict at least some of the men, according to three sources close to the case.
LA Times - Mexico drug war's costs, risks exported to U.S.
Officers and others wounded across the border are increasingly being transferred to an El Paso hospital.
NC Times - First trial in Fallujah killings starts Tuesday
In the first trial of its kind, a civilian jury will decide if a former Camp Pendleton Marine is guilty of leading the slayings of four unarmed captives during a battle for the city of Fallujah nearly four years ago.
State News
Sacramento Bee - Assembly votes down budget plan
California lawmakers finally voted on a state budget Sunday – but it died a partisan death.
NY Times - On the Fire Lines, a Shift to Private Contractors
Scott Charlson never dreamed of becoming a firefighter. But when a job on a fire crew came calling this summer, Mr. Charlson, a budding sportswriter and a college student, jumped at the chance to make some quick but hard-earned cash.
LA Times - Let go of the past and allow offshore oil drilling
The state that is the biggest consumer of gasoline in the nation -- but produces less than 40% of what it uses -- is opposed to drilling for more oil off its shores. We're slackers not pulling our weight.
NC Times - Immigrants' rights protesters march on City Hall
Protesters marched down Main Street earlier this week to decry an alleged crackdown on undocumented day laborers that, they said, is breaking up families and stoking fear within the city's Latino community.
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