• Sarah Palin is, like, so annoyed that Katie Couric, like, insisted on asking questions and talking about what she wanted to talk about instead of just letting Sarah bash Obama. Because that's how an "interview" works. To be fair, though, Palin had been on Fox News with Hannity first. [Huffington Post]
• She was also really sad when she read the papers this morning and found out that the campaign was pulling out of Michigan. They didn't tell her in advance that they were pulling out or that they don't care what she thinks about the Big Boy campaign stuff. [Politico]
• The United Steelworkers think he might be forced out of Pennsylvania, too. [Huffington Post]
• In the mean time, though, they've got an ad featuring a quote from a Famous Person. It turns out that person is Peggy Noonan, but it does make her look completely in the tank for McCain, not that anyone cares about anyone being in the tank for anyone other than Obama. [Washington Post]

• Now that California has seen how easy it is to get money from the government, they'd like $7 billion, please. [CNN]
• Now that the government owns Fannie Mae, you can stop foreclosure by simply shooting yourself. Easy! [CNN]
• President Bush already signed the bailout bill because actual fundamentals, like unemployment, of the economy continue to suck. [Washington Post, NY Times]
• Oh, and if you thought it laughable that Sarah Palin can claim to have foreign policy experience by virtue of the fact that she can "see" Russia from your backyard, McCain advisor Richard Fontaine claimed John McCain got some fucking that Brazilian model way back in the day. Angela Merkel promptly vowed to never take her eyes off him is he gets elected. That Bush back massage was bad enough.[The Miami Herald]

• Two women have been charged in the murder of a British couple honeymooning in Antigua and Barbuda. • The Maricopa County Sheriff in Arizona has violated a ruling that he is not allowed to require female inmates to receive a court order before they are granted an abortion. • In (somewhat) related news, there is a new program at the Ohio Reformatory for Women that allows inmates to raise their children in their cells and in in-house prisons to keep the bond between mother and child tight. • More than 80% of women in the Air Force in Iraq reported persistent fatigue, difficulty concentrating and nearly 20% reported one symptom of PTSD. • Meanwhile in the region, a man has been arrested in Jerusalem for helping beat, threaten, and rob a divorced Israeli woman under the self-proclaimed title of "chastity guards." •

• OMG Bon Jovi is the motherfucking guest judge on Project Runway tonight! [Fashion Week Daily]
  
• What's this? Heidi Klum says that Seal used to design and sew his own clothes?! [Sassybella]
  
• Jones Apparel Group is saying au revoir to the Isabel Toledo-designed Anne Klein Collection despite the fact that fans and critics alike loved it. [Fashion Week Daily]
  
• Poor Giorgio Armani. A photo of him posing with one of the kids arrested in connection with the murder of a British student in Perugia last week is up on the arrested kid's Facebook page. The rep for Armani insists (and we believe it) that Armani doesn't know the 20-year old facing charges, but merely granted him the photo as a "tourist photo". [WWD, 3rd item]

• And in less detrimental-to-the-brand Armani news, Julia Roberts has collaborated with the Italian fashion house to create a leather bracelet, sales of which will benefit Bono's (Product) Red. [Fashion Week Daily]
• It's another designer collaboration for H&M! Next up is Swedish uber-textile company Marimekko, which is preparing a collection which a company rep says will be "like a vitamin injection." [WWD, sub req'd]
• "We were just like 'Oh my God! Oh my God!' And both of us just stood there, squeezing each other's hands. Agyness was completely mute and unable to speak. Anna asked me for a business card and I didn't have one. I thought, 'Oh my God, I've just ruined my career'." That's designer and Hagyness bff Henry Holland on his first meeting with Anna Wintour, natch. [Vogue UK]
• Why did Hayden Panettiere attend the Victoria's Secret Show? To see the Spice Girls, natch! And why did she want to see the Spice Girls? Because she's a cock-eyed optimist: "I just want to see all of them getting along." Don't hold your breath, hon. [FabSugar]
• Target's sales figures are down. Just don't blame our boy Isaac Mizrahi! [Business Week]
• Tory Burch: Bought one of her own pieces at the Nieman's in Chicago. [WWD, 7th item ]
• Claudia Schiffer is the face of Chanel Resort and based on the first images, we think she's still got it. [Sassybella]