The 411 Stories of the Day - Friday, October 30, 2009

SPENDING...
(AP) - A Labor Department report on September personal spending and income will provide further details into the economy's health. Economists have predicted spending dropped 0.5 percent last month.

STIMULUS JOBS...
(CBS/AP) - The administration issues a series of reports today showing hundreds of thousands of jobs have been created by the economic stimulus program. The reports come one day after the release of  an Associated Press investigation which found an earlier progress report had vastly overstated the number of jobs created or saved.

DOMAIN NAMES...
(AP) - The nonprofit body that oversees Internet addresses approved Friday the use of Hebrew, Hindi, Korean and other scripts not based on Latin characters, in a decision that could make the Web dramatically more inclusive. Internet users could start seeing them in use early next year, particularly in Arabic, Chinese and other scripts in which demand has been among the highest.

OBAMA & AFGHAN WAR...
(CBS) - President Obama sits down with the Joint Chiefs of Staff today in a meeting that could be pivotal as the commander-in-chief draws closer to a decision on the future direction of the Afghan war.