McCain Booed After Trying to Calm Crowd (AP)--When you play with ire . . .


Palin defiant after probe jolts McCain campaign: “You have to read the report” (AFP)--She can’t cite a single book or magazine that she reads in CBS Evening News interview. Suddenly she’s got a reading list--for others.


U.S. space tourist set for blast-off from Kazakhstan (Reuters)--Let’s hope the Space Station doesn’t get foreclosed when he steps outside for a space walk.