Friday evening must-reads

Obama campaign signals fundraising efforts are failing

Californians contemplate secession

Leon Panetta officially takes over the DOD

U.S. troop deaths rise in Iraq thanks to... Iran?

Will Obama bypass Congress to raise debt ceiling?

Barbara Boxer tries to rewrite history

Obama: "We've spent a lot of money that we don't have"

Jonah Goldberg: Corporate jets and tax breaks

Wyoming expands gun rights

Michelle Malkin: London is Wisconsin on the Thames

Into the sunset: The end of the Apollo era

The bewildering web of U.S. fireworks laws

Individual investors are flipping Detroit one house at a time

Beware job-killing ATMs:

Have a great holiday weekend!