The battle between late night host David Letterman and Alaska Governor Sarah Palin continues into a third day. Letterman took time during Wednesday’s Late Show to respond to Palin.

I am now the proud owner of a bicycle. It’s my first two-wheeler since 1972 and some things have changed since it was my only mode of transportation.

As many as 17 detainees from the Guantanamo Bay detention center on Cuba may be sent to the tiny island nation of Palau. That remote Pacific island jogged my memory.

South Carolina and North Carolina are among 14 states that have run out of money to pay unemployment benefits. That begins your Daybreak 7.

A woman is dead after being swept away in a flooded creek in central North Carolina. That begins your Daybreak 7.

A bankruptcy judge will hear arguments today over whether Chrysler can end their franchise agreements with nearly 800 dealerships. That begins your Daybreak 7.

There will be questions before a Senate committee for the man who will take over Us-led operations in Afghanistan. That begins your Daybreak 7.

I’m not sure where we first got the idea of saying a high level official is the czar of whatever that department is, but the Obama Administration has more czars now than the Romanovs. And if you recall, that form of government didn’t have a very good ending.

“You first” appears to be the message from officials in Europe to the Obama Administration over detainees at Guantanamo Bay. That begins your Daybreak Seven.

U.S. troops fighting insurgents Afghanistan may be facing weapons produced in America. That begins your Daybreak 7.

A hotline and database to be used as part of an immigration law in South Carolina aren’t available because state lawmakers didn’t budget any money for it. That begins your Daybreak 7.

There are key pieces of legislation on the table - including a higher cigarette tax and reforms to payday lending practices -  as the South Carolina General Assembly enters the final week of the session. That begins your Daybreak 7.

Forensic Files on truTV features the case of Frederick Antonio Evans who is on death row in South Carolina for one murder. He’s charged with a second as well. “DNA Dragent” begins your Daybreak 7.

Governor Mark Sanford’s Office claims it costs $1 million each year to get football fans to Clemson and USC for games each season. Think about that while you’re stuck in bumper-to-bumper traffic this fall.

The survival of First National Bancshares - the parent company of First National Bank of the South - depends on the next 100 days. That begins your Daybreak 7.