News Briefing: Museums Fear Lean Days Ahead

• Bloomberg is criticized for asking nonprofit groups to support legislation allowing him to seek a third term in office.  [New York Times]

• Museum directors across the country are bracing for the effects of an economic crisis.  [New York Times]

• A British aid worker is killed by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan.  [Reuters]

• Lobbyists, corporations, and interest groups have given $13 million to charities and nonprofits in honor of more than 200 members of the House and Senate.  [New York Times]