Extra, Extra: Hints of a Draft and a Tribute to Hal Fishman

• Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute, i.e. Bush's "war czar," thinks it "makes sense" to consider a return to the military draft.
• Students are teaching educators about the crises facing many local high schools and teenage dropouts.
• Health officials are cautioning that Panorama City residents may be at great risk of contracting West Nile virus - with most confirmed cases arising in that region.
• Residents of Borrego Springs, a small resort and retirement community in northeast San Diego County, are struggling to deal with an impending water shortage.
• The Paley Center in Beverly Hills is screening a documentary on KTLA in memory of Hal Fishman through tomorrow.
• Meet the brothers responsible for feeding the participants in some of L.A.'s biggest celebrity murder trials.
• Good/bad news time: the Metro will be getting a new infusion of ad money from CBS Outdoor - which also means you'll be seeing a lot more prominent (read: annoying) displays.
• Though they've found "survival space," rescue workers still haven't been able to locate the 6 trapped coal miners in Utah.
• Alberto Gonzales is visiting Iraq to offer some of his legal "expertise."

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