Washington Post: Celebritology Live

Washington Examiner: A casual Cheney cruise causes consternation

N.Y. Times: Op-Ed Contributor: Russia Never Wanted a War

L.A. Times: Deaths, rape lead to scrutiny of Pasadena psychiatric hospital

USA Today: Hospitals that stand out

Politico: McCain unsure how many houses he owns

ABC News: The Deadly Sins of Middle Seatmates

CBS News: Student Fatally Shot By Classmate In Tenn.

Fox News: Report: Hacker Uncovers Proof Chinese Gymnast Is Underage

CNN: Caylee's mom leaves jail, pleads not guilty

Wall Street Journal: Drinking Age Debate Taps Unlikely Supporters

MSNBC: Lower drinking age is criticized

Congressional Quarterly: Ohio Rep. Tubbs Jones Dies Following Aneurysm

NPR: Poll Zeroes In On Weak Spots For McCain, Obama

Roll Call: Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones Dies

Bloomberg: National City Holds Hidden $1 Billion Stake in Visa

It's farewell to Washington's most quoted unemployed person: Matthew Felling. The former CBS "Public Eye" writer has become an oft-quoted media analyst (Howie Kurtz is a big fan) ever since "Public Eye" went dark and let go of some of its writers. Felling is packing up his bags and heading to Alaska, Rachel Sklar reports, where he'll be the anchoring the 6 p.m. local newscast on local CBS affiliate KTVA in Anchorage, Alaska.

So, today, Sen. Barack Obama announced his "battleground state tour leading up to Democratic National Convention." The campaign put out the advisory at 5:52pm EST.

The deadline for credentials? Just one hour later. (And reporters are on deadline!)

Pick up the latest Capitol File, which features a touching profile of Fox News' Bret Baier, his wife Amy, and Paul Francis, their son who has recovered wonderfully from life-threatening congenital heart defects.

After the back-and-forth yesterday, very few media outlets were willing to put out yet another breaking news alert (Twitter? That's a whole different story...) about the definitive -- and sad -- passing of Rep. Tubbs Jones:

From the WSJ's interview with Redskins owner Dan Snyder:

WSJ: In June you bought a radio station, WTEM, which is a very popular local sports station. There's some concern among fans that it might become a propaganda tool for the Redskins. What do you say to that?

Mr. Snyder: It's actually just the Washington Post. We have a problem in this marketplace with our local newspaper. There's a monopoly. I have no problems saying that. They have been losing circulation by the droves, losing advertising by the pound load and they are desperate to create controversy. They had a Washington Post radio business at the time -- it's since gone out of business -- that was a competitor. We did write them a letter saying obviously you're a competitor, so don't use your newspaper to affect the business. Other than them, you won't find any of that type of talk.

[Note: Leonard Downie, Jr., The Washington Post's executive editor, denies that the Post's radio venture, which ended nearly a year ago, influenced the paper's coverage of the Redskins. "Our coverage is always independent of both outside interests … and independent of other businesses that the Washington Post owns," Mr. Downie said in a telephone interview. "Our readers expect that of us."]

Hat tip: Romenesko

Who you might see at the conventions: Alexis Simendinger, Alyssa Rosenberg, Amy Walter, Andrew Noyes, Ashley Johnson, Bara Vaida, , Bob Gettlin, Brian Friel, Bruce Stokes, Charlie Cook, Christopher Strohm, Corine Hegland, Dave Morris, David Hatch, David Morris, Erin McPike, Gregg Sangillo, Holly Noe, James Barnes, Jason Dick, Jennifer Skalka, Jill Smallen, Jim Barnes, John Maggs, John Mercurio, Joyce Murdoch, Julie Abramson, Keith White, Kevin Friedl, Kirk Victor, Lisa Caruso, Liz Lynch, Lou Peck, Margie Kriz, Marilyn Serafini, Maura O'Brien, Megan Scully, Monica Sullivan, Neil Munro, Nora McAlvanah, Patrick Pexton, Paul Starobin, Peter Bell, Peter Cohn, Peter Stone, Quinn McCord, Randy Barrett, Richard Cohen, Rick Bloom, Robert Somerville, Ron Brownstein, Shane Harris, Stephen Gettinger, Theresa Poulson, Tim Sahd, William Englund and Winter Casey.

Washington Monthly's Kevin Drum has joined Mother Jones (will Jay Rosen try to stop him?!?).

More here.

Voice of America is sending out a 90 person team to both convention cities which will service all their platforms -- TV, Radio and online. Making up the travel teams are:

DNC: Jim Malone, Paula Wolfson, Doug Bernard, Terry Wing, Meredith Buel, Kent Klein, Frances Alonzo, Cindy Saine, Debbie Tate

RNC: Jim Malone, Paula Wolfson, Doug Bernard, Terry Wing, Dan Robinson, Erin Klein, Mike Bowman, Kane Farabaugh, Greg Flakus

Along with Managing Editor James Pindell, and Deputy Managing Editors Michael Grass and Jamie Klatell, the following Politicker state reporters will be at the Denver and St. Paul conventions: Evan Brown (Ariz.), Jeff Mitchell and Ben van der Meer (Calif.), Jeremy Pelzer (Colo.), Trey Pollard (Ky.), Jessica Alaimo (Maine), Jeremy Jacobs (Mass.), Danny Reiter (Md.), Brian Lawson (N.H.), Matt Friedman and Max Pizarro (N.J.), David DeWitt and Justin Miller (Ohio), Britten Chase (Ore.), Dan Hirschhorn and Alex Roarty (Pa.) and Bryan Bissell (Wash.). Also, Alex Isenstadt from the D.C. office and many of their colleagues at The New York Observer will be at both conventions.

Among the folks you'll see at either one or both of conventions, helping out with the NewsHour: Jim Lehrer, Judy Woodruff, Gwen Ifill, Ray Suarez, Linda Winslow, Peggy Robbins, Kathleen McCleery, Caroline Nathan, Lucy Kafanov, Beth Summers, Diane Lincoln, Monique Hayes, Anne Bell, Lester Crystal, Toby Crystal, Robert Flynn, Steve Goldbloom, David Sit, Roxanne Abbracciamento, Ron Baldwin, Lee Banville, Afsaneh Beschloss, Michael Beschloss, David Brooks, Mary Jo Brooks, Terence Burlik, Antoinette Dean, Christopher Dee, Molly Finnegan, George Griffin, David Gustafson, Michael Harry, Monique Hayes, Jessica Hoffman, Joe Horton, Rebecca Jacobson, Peniel Joseph, Ludmila Kafanova, Kate Lehrer, Diane Lincoln, Tony Lucas, Alexis Matsui, Valerie McCabe, Kathleen McCleery, Annette Miller, Michael Mosettig, Tiffany Mullon, Caroline Nathan, Luke O'Brien, Patti parson, Timothy Perry, Jr., Margaret Robinson, Terry Rubin, Merrill Schwerin, Linda Scott, Zachary Seward, Jean Shin, Anna Shoup, Debra Slivka, Richard Norton Smith, Elizabeth Summers, Thomas Walsh, Judith Willis, Linda Winslow, William Ziegler.

ABC News and USA TODAY will launch, what they're calling "an unprecedented news project, beginning september 15. The goal? "To report from every state in the nation during the 50 days leading up to the presidential election.

ABC News' anchors and correspondents and USA TODAY's reporters and photographers will report on one state each day in the run-up to the historic vote on November 4. The stories will focus on issues facing voters in their respective states. Every ABC News platform will contribute to "50 States, 50 Days," including major road trips on "Good Morning America," "World News with Charles Gibson," and "Nightline." USA TODAY will cover seven states a week in the newspaper, with two states being featured on Monday's and Friday's. ABCNEWS.com and USATODAY.com will share news content and produce complementary interactive features.