Monday, November 5, 2007

Nov. 3-4: Regionals in the Weekend News

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: The Christian conservative vote is still up for grabs in Louisiana, Gerard Shields reports in the Baton Rouge Advocate.

D.C. MADAME: The D.C. Madam wants Sen. David Vitter to testify and applied in federal court for a subpoena to make it happen, Gerard Shields reports in the Baton Rouge Advocate.

COLD CASE INVESTIGATION: Syracuse law students are trying to crack a never-solved 43-year-old murder case in Lousiana, Bruce Alpert reports in the Times-Picayune.

WATER VETO CONT.: More coverage of Bush's veto of a massive water resources bill. Gerard Shields in the Baton Rouge Advocate; Ellyn Ferguson in the Green Bay Press-Gazette; Jim Myers in the Tulsa World; and Larry Lipman in the Palm Beach Post; Herb Jackson in the Bergen Record.

COMBAT SHIP POLITICS: Contractors point fingers in the Navy cancellation of a combat ship that was to be constructed in Mobile, Sean Reilly reports in the Mobile Register.

HEALTH CARE: Larry Lipman in the Palm Beach Post reports on the growing health risk of diabetes.

POLITICAL PROFILE: Alicia Mundy in the Seattle Times profiles Sen. Patty Murphy as an emerging leader on veterans' issues.

BILLS, HEARINGS AND MARK-UPS: Utah Rep. Chris Cannon wants Congress to investigate foreign service agents who are questioning orders they be sent to Iraq, Thomas Burr reports in the Salt Lake Tribune; and a Virginia senator is calling for more research into mine communication resources, Suzanne Struglinski reports in the Deseret News.

<p>CORN POLITICS: Maureen Groppe in the Indianapolis Star examines fallout from the new "King Corn" documentary.

INTERNET TAX: Tony Batt in the Northwest Arkansas Morning News reports on the ban's extension, which passed the House last week.

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