Hedging bets, GOP lawmakers pledge to forgo pay if gov't shuts down...
| MSNBC |

Federal Employee Union sues... | Politico |

Metal mania! | WSJ |

"Perfect storm" for gold... | CNN |

Headed towards $1500... | HuffPo |

Libyan rebels: Give us guns... | AJE |

NATO friendly fire forces frenzied fleeing... | CSM |

Won't apologize: "We didn't know"... | CNN |

4 journalists held captive... | Daily Beast |

Bloodiest day yet in Syrian uprising... | Guardian |

At least 27 dead... | AJE |

Timeline so far... | Reuters |

Iraqi army raids camp, runs over refugees in Iran... | Daily Mail |

Gates: Troops could remain after deadline... | AP |

100 bodies found in I. Coast mass grave... | Yahoo/AP |

Victims were "burned alive, thrown down a well"... | Yahoo/AP |

Outarra: Perpetartors "will be punished"... | Yahoo/AFP |

EU: Portugal will need $114B worth of "rescue loans"... | RCP/AP |

Austerity measures must be passed first... | WSJ |

UK won't pitch in... | Reuters |

Obama wants more troops in Europe than Bush did... | WSJ |

They can, why can't we? Dutch to cut one sixth of military | Yahoo/AP |

5 Palestinians dead as Israelis retaliate for bus attack... | NYT |

W.Va. trying out vote-by-mail... | RCP/AP |

Az. house passes bill allowing guns on campus... | Reuters |

Pot, meet kettle: US warns of other countries controlling the web...
| Yahoo/AP |

Ron Paul fills out paperwork for Presidential Exploratory Committee...
| The DC |