PM BRIEF: OCTOBER 8, 2010

1. Bank of America's U.S.-wide foreclosure halt draws calls for more. [Reuters]
2. National security shuffle: Jones out, Donilon in. [The Associated Press]
3. Kendrick Meek might drop out of the Florida senate race and thereby pave the path to victory for Charlie Crist. [The Wall Street Journal]

4. Sarah Palin takes a big step toward 2012 run for President. [U.S. News & World Report]
5. Lou Dobbs, American hypocrite. [The Nation]
6. CNN courts Couric: CBS ready to let anchor go? [The New York Post]