Hike In War Funding Sought: Administration's planned request for $70 billion would bring wars' total costs to nearly $225 billion.
Allawi Blames U.S. for 'Gross Negligence' : In rare criticism of U.S.-led forces in Iraq, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday blamed foreign troops helping secure the country for "gross negligence" in the massacre of 49 Iraqi National Guard recruits last weekend.
Consumer confidence falls for a third month: Consumer confidence fell in October for the third consecutive month, the Conference Board said Tuesday. The decline was steeper than expected. The Consumer Confidence Index dropped 3.9 points to 92.8, from a revised 96.7 in September, according to the Conference Board, a private research group. Analysts had expected a reading of 94.
AP: New Bush Guard Papers Leave Questions: Unearthed under legal pressure, three-decade-old documents portray President Bush as a capable and well-liked Air National Guard pilot who stopped flying and attending regular drills two-thirds of the way through his six-year commitment - without consequence.
Embedded Reporter Saw No Explosives Search: An NBC News reporter embedded with a U.S. army unit that seized an Iraqi installation three weeks into the war said Tuesday that she saw no signs that the Americans searched for the powerful explosives that are now missing from the site. Will Drudge shut up now?
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