National News
LA Times - Jump in inflation puts Federal Reserve on the spot
The producer price index surges 1.2% in July, pressuring the central bank to lift interest rates.
NY Times - Higher Costs Are Taking a Toll on Business
Prices for goods purchased by American businesses surged more than expected in July and have jumped by nearly 10 percent over the last year — the sharpest increase since 1981.
NY Times - Court Rejects E.P.A. Limits on Emissions Rules
A federal appeals court on Tuesday threw out an Environmental Protection Agency rule limiting the ability of states to require monitoring of industrial emissions.
Washington Post - Lack of Insurance, High Medical Costs Put More in a Bind
Debt Mounts, Care Forgone, Study Says
Washington Post - Citizens' U.S. Border Crossings Tracked
Data From Checkpoints To Be Kept for 15 Years
LA Times - Rising medical costs pinch more Americans, study finds
Some middle- and high-income people lack health insurance too.
Politico - Markey asks Bush to stop exports
A prominent House Democrat asked President Bush on Tuesday to determine whether his administration has the authority to suspend oil exports from the U.S. to other countries.
CQ - Poker Lobby Wants New Deal From GOP
The Republicans’ last two national party platforms opposed Internet gambling. Online poker players want a new deal at this year’s convention next month.
International News
International Herald Tribune - Iraq to export oil to Lebanon
Iraq and Lebanon plan to sign a series of trade agreements in coming weeks, including one on Iraq exporting oil to Lebanon, the prime ministers of the two countries said Wednesday.
International Herald Tribune - Iraq poised to revive oil contract with China
Iraq is on the verge of reviving an 11-year-old contract with China worth $1.2 billion, its largest oil deal since the invasion in 2003, an Oil Ministry official said Tuesday.
LA Times - Rice signs missile defense deal with Poland
The agreement prompts an infuriated Russia to warn of a possible attack against the former Soviet satellite.
Washington Post - 10 French Soldiers Killed by Taliban
Fighters in Afghanistan Also Target NATO Base
State News
LA Times - Federal foreclosure-purchase program may fall flat in California
The $4-billion plan may hurt homeowners in the state who are trying to sell. Several county governments are unsure whether they have the staff to make use of the funding.
NC Times - SDG&E says it did not mislead state
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. has denied that it deceived the California Public Utilities Commission earlier this summer when it stated that an alternate, southern route for the proposed Sunrise Powerlink high-voltage power line would cross tribal lands.
LA Times - California National Guard losing budget battle in Legislature
Democrats in the state Senate block a $3.3-million allocation to give educational benefits to Guard members.
NC Times - Report says tribal casino revenue-gains slowing
Like the rest of the nation, tribal casinos are feeling pinched by a weakened economy, according to an industry report released Tuesday.
Sacramento Bee - Indian tribes, charities reach deal on bingo fundraisers
California's politically powerful Indian casino tribes and the state's major charities have worked out a "win-win" deal that would allow the charities to expand their bingo operations while preserving the tribes' constitutional monopoly on slot machines.
LA Times - Schwarzenegger's push to hike sales tax riles GOP
The governor says a temporary increase could help close the budget gap. But his party's leaders want to borrow.
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