THE COMING BEE: Sylvia Smith of the Fort Wayne (Ind.) Journal Gazette talks to an 8th grader who will participate in the upcoming Scripps spelling bee... I'm sure many regionals will be there on Thursday.
VETERANS: Lisa Mascaro of the Las Vegas Sun reports that the House passed legislation named after a Las Vegas High School graduate that would require the VA to assess procedures at its mental health facilities.
JUNKETS: Rep. Shelley Berkley defends her European trip that includes luxury stays in Venice and Naples to Steve Tetreault of the Las Vegas Review Journal; some Arkansas lawmakers will spend the recess in Europe, reports Aaron Sadler of Stephens Washington bureau.
CAMPAIGNS: Bill Theobald of Gannett News Service writes that Rep. Marsha Blackburn's campaign committee has made dozens of mistakes in its financial reports through the years; Raju Chebium also of Gannett News Service covers a campaign swing by Rep. Robert Andrews; Republicans fret about their fate in LA to Bruce Alpert of the New Orleans Times-Picayune and in FL to Wes Allison of the St. Petersburg Times; Rep. Tom Cole is confident about his future, reports Jim Myers of the Tulsa World
NOT EASY BEING GREEN: It's difficult for Rep. Michael McCaul to balance environmental and oil concerns, reports Jason Embry of the Austin American Statesman.
KENNEDY FALLOUT: Personal reaction to Sen. Ted Kennedy's diagnosis of brain cancer by Lisa Mascaro of the Las Vegas Sun.
DRUG QUESTIONS: Local and national surveys differ on whether the federal anti-drug ad campaign over several years helped reduce illegal drug use among youths, reports Richard Powelson of Scripps Howard News Service; Sen. Sam Brownback supports overhauling the prescription drug approval system, writes Rob Hotakainen of McClatchy.
ODD RELIGION NEWS: Trish Choate of the Scripps Howard News Service asks why the raided fundamentalist Mormon sect built their compound in Texas and reports on a Utah religion whose followers practice mummification and is at the center of a U.S. Supreme Court case that is delaying a permanent home for a World War II monument.
CONGRESS: Edward Felker of the Small Newspaper Group and Joe Morton of the Omaha World Herald write about veterans benefits passed by Congress; Josh Drobnyk of the Allentown Morning Call reports a spat among PA lawmakers over an air base; Gerard Shields of The (Baton Rouge, La.) Advocate reports the Senate approved money for New Orleans levees.
FEC REPORTS: Herb Jackson of the Bergen Record writes up fundraising for the Jersey Senate race.
TRADE: Noelle Straub of the Billings Gazette reports that Sen. Max Baucus is fighting with the administration over a trade enforcement bill.
SAME SEX MARRIAGE: The California ruling on the issue won't change the military's stance, writes Leo Shane III of Stars and Stripes.
GAS PRICES: About 25 percent of the hike in oil prices is due to the weak dollar, reports Faith Bremner of the Gannett News Service.
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