Reason Morning Links: New Round of War Funding, Criminal Probe of BP Begins, Mass. Says Goodbye to Electoral College System

• House approves $59 billion in war funding.
• France declares war on Al Qaeda after beheading of French aid worker.
• Bedbugs are biting New York.
• Feds start criminal probe into BP oil spill.
• Massachusetts lawmakers vote to dispense with the Electoral College.
• Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-NY) unlikely to strike deal with House ethics panel.