Friday evening must-reads

East Coast: Are you prepared for Irene?

WikiLeaks: John McCain fought to arm Gaddafi in 2009

U.S. denies it will cut off Palestinian aid over calls for statehood

How much should the U.S. subsidize Europe's defense?

NYTimes publishes spread from state-owned Chinese newspaper

Charles Krauthammer: MLK in word and stone

Elijah Cummings: Most blacks think Obama has been "treated unfairly"

Does Obama's Executive Order mandate racial favoritism?

6 "head exploding" revelations from Dick Cheney's new memoir

5 EPA rules that will cost more than $1 billion

Raccoon blamed for 10-acre grass fire in Salt Lake City

Rick Perry enjoys 21 point lead among tea partiers

JP Morgan forecloses on the U.S. Treasury

Number of working young people reaches historic low

ESPN wonders: What if Michael Vick were white?

Flashback: Obama criticizes "passive indifference" of Bush hurricane response