Before I get into the evening headlines, I'd like to point out that Huckleberries Online has a new blogroll -- devoted to Spokane area bloggers (in the right rail). Next week, I'll explore possible ways to highlight bloggers on the blogroll. Mebbe some sort of roundup a coupla times a week. We'll see. Also, I'm taking tomorrow off. So I'm looking for a guest host for HBO. Now, for the evening headlines: Obama's planning to send additional troops to Afghanistan here. Alaska's Mount Redoubt is still erupting here. New York Times has cut jobs and salaries here. U.S. Senate votes to drastically expand AmeriCorps here. And the Wild Card remains in play ...