Regionals in Todays News

• THE NEVER-ENDING SCHIP STORY: Gerard Shields in the Baton Rouge Advocate reports on the squeeze being put on Republican lawmakers from constituents concerned about the children's health insurance program; and Sean Reilly in the Press-Register compares Alabama GOP votes against the SCHIP program in context with their vote four years ago on the Medicare prescription drug benefit, which analysts said underscores the power imbalance between seniors and kids.

• ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Law-and-Order actor Fred Thompson would get a juicy role as president, but would take a hit to the pocketbook, Malia Rulon reports in the Tennessean.

• GLOBAL WARMING: New Jersey power companies warn Congress of rising electricity costs if they have to cut emissions, Herb Jackson reports in the Bergen Record.

• ARMENIAN GENOCIDE: Lisa Friedman in the Los Angeles Daily News and Wes Allison in the St. Petersburg Times report on the contentious committee vote to declare the deaths of Armenians in post-Word War I Ottoman Turkey a genocide.