SPB News for Sunday.

RIP Jack Cafferty's wife, Carol

Palin's Church Promotes Converting Gays

Jon Bon Jovi Hosts Fundraiser For Obama

Cheney Warns Russia to Reverse Its Course Vice President [sic] Dick Cheney on Saturday denounced Russia’s war against Georgia as evidence of a pattern of "troublesome and unhelpful actions" that threatened peace from Central Asia to the Middle East to Europe.

Bush to decide on keeping current troop levels in Iraq George W. Bush will decide next week whether to maintain the current troop level of US troops in Iraq for the rest of his presidency [sic], potentially leaving the next big decision on Iraq policy to his successor... Separately, Iraq reacted angrily yesterday to claims in a new book that the US government had spied on the Iraqi government. In a book released on Monday, Bob Woodward, the veteran Washington Post reporter, says the US eavesdropped on Mr Maliki and other leaders.

Palin's eldest son to guard top commanders in Iraq Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's eldest son, Track, will perform security duties for his brigade's top officers in Iraq. In military parlance, Palin is a "dismount." He and other soldiers operate armored vehicles called Strykers.

Subpoenas weighed in Palin probe --Alaska lawmakers will consider forcing aides to the governor to testify in an inquiry into her firing of the public safety chief. Several top Alaska state legislators said Friday that they would meet next week to consider authorizing subpoenas to force aides to Gov. Sarah Palin to testify in a probe into whether she abused her powers when she fired the state's public safety commissioner. Palin ousted Walter Monegan in July, saying she wanted to go in a "new direction," but Monegan has said he was axed after he repeatedly refused to sack Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, who was involved in a messy divorce from Palin's sister.