the morning cram [tragedy in Libya edition]

Today on NPR:

• The U.S. Ambassador to Libya is among four Americans killed in an attack on an Libyan consulate.

In Kentucky:

• Paducah keeps its 2011 property tax rate for the next fiscal year.
• Governor Steve Beshear is in India on an economic development mission.

In Tennessee:

• Tennessee's public safety chief says only performance and merit will matter in state trooper assignments and promotions.

In Illinois:

• Illinois works with the ACLU to improve youth prisons.
• Illinois' Lieutenant Governor takes a "no texting while driving" pledge.
• A visiting political science professor at SIU publishes the writings of late southern Illinois Senator Paul Simon.