In the news today:

• Obama, Clinton split on drug war parallels
• Florida pastor unclear about Quran burning
• Japan unveils stimulus amid growth worries
• California voters are split on marijuana legalization
• Washington State carries out first execution in nine years
• Federal judge rules 'don't ask, don't tell' policy is unconstitutional

In the news yesterday:

• Stem cell funding ban suspended during appeal 
• CIA rendition: US court throws out torture case, citing state secrets
• Fidel Castro’s doubts about Cuban communism and Iranian anti-semitism
• Prominent Senate Democrat rejects President Obama's idea for new $50 billion stimulus package
• President Obama to hold rallies in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Ohio and Nevada before Nov. 2
• Iran to release female American after 13 months
• Is America at threat from a drugs insurgency?
• US Marines raid captive ship off Somalia, seize pirates
• California Supreme Court refuses to force state to defend Prop 8

• Monica Marquez to be first lesbian and first Latina to sit on the CO Supreme Court