Daily Briefing: Money Pit
* The US will participate in a little regional conference about Iraq that features just about every country the White House hates. [ WP , NYT ]
* Furrowed brows abound as Democrats continue to contemplate war legislation. [ WP , NYT , LAT ]
* Black voters continue to be drawn to Barack Obama. Also, old white men still vote for each other. [ WP ]
* CIA happily gives candy bars to people they've disappeared. [ WP ]
* HUD confirms there are no less than 700K homeless in the US, add, "it could happen to you!" [ USAT ]
* Of course, in a globalized market where one of the driving economies is beset by investors who think it's "a slot machine," it could happen to you. [ NYT ]
*Lara Croftwrites letters. [ WP ]