Fighting rages in Lebanon border village  —  BOURJ AL-MULOUK, Lebanon - Heavy ground fighting raged Tuesday near a Lebanese border village, and Israel resumed frequent airstrikes after it decided, in a major expansion of its offensive, to send thousands more troops deeper into Lebanon.

Israel strikes deep into Lebanon  —  Peres estimates end of fighting in a matter of weeks  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) — Israeli troops landed Tuesday near the eastern Lebanese town of Baalbeck, Lebanese security sources said, and the Israeli military engaged in fierce fighting with Hezbollah forces just across the border with Lebanon.

Some slightly uncomfortable questions  —  I had an interesting conversation yesterday with a co-worker, on the concept of the disporportinate Israeli attacks on Lebanon compared to Hezbollah attacks.  He pointed to me his dismay at Hezbollah's rockets ineffeciency at hitting targets.

IDF HITS THE BEKAA!  —  This could be the best news of the war.  —  The IDF is carrying out some kind of ground operation with heavy air support in the Bekaa Valley, more than 60 miles north and east of the Litani River (almost 75 miles from the Israeli-Lebanon border).

Israel seizes guerrillas in Lebanon raid  —  BEIRUT, Lebanon - Israel poured up to 10,000 armored troops into south Lebanon Tuesday, and separately sent commandos deep into the eastern Bekaa Valley where they raided a Hezbollah-run hospital and captured guerrillas during pitched battles, a major escalation of the three-week-old war.

Report: Fierce fighting as IDF commandos launch raid deep in Lebanon  —  Israel Defense Forces commandos reportedly landed by helicopter late Tuesday night near the Hezbollah stronghold of Baalbek in what Lebanese security sources described as a major operation against suspected Hezbollah positions.

Santorum donors give to Green Party  —  They helped fund a drive to get Carl Romanelli on the ballot, which some say may hurt Bob Casey Jr.  —  When Sen. Rick Santorum (R., Pa.) encouraged everyone in state politics to help the Green Party earn a spot on the November ballot, at least one group answered the call: Santorum donors.

GOP aids Green candidate Carl Romanelli  —  HARRISBURG, Pa. - Thanks to the generosity of GOP donors, a Green Party candidate is expected to make it onto the ballot in Pennsylvania's Senate race and siphon votes from Democratic front-runner Bob Casey in his bid to unseat Republican Sen. Rick Santorum (news, bio, voting record).

A "Bad" Sign  —  In his latest e-mail newsletter, Charlie Cook, one of the vocal cords in the voice of consensus opinion, sings the death song of the GOP House majority: … The Senate, too, is not out of Chuck Schumer's reach, Cook says: … I've also noticed that on Intrade …