It's not just the Capitol: Billions in red ink drowning California's - San Jose Mercury News
SACRAMENTO — With even well-managed counties, cities and schools finding themselves in the same budget hole that has swallowed state government, California now confronts a financial crisis that may be unrivaled — though it is also maddeningly

Haiti's leader to see Obama, hat in hand - YAHOO!
PORT-AU-PRINCE (AFP) – Haitian President Rene Preval will get a sympathetic hearing when he meets with US counterpart Barack Obama on Wednesday, ahead of an international donors' conference for his quake-hit nation. What he is looking for, though