Judge OKs Suit Against Sen. Clinton "A federal judge refused to release Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton from a lawsuit by Gennifer Flowers which accuses the senator of masterminding a campaign to discredit Flowers' claim of an affair with Bill Clinton. U.S. District Judge Philip Pro dismissed Flowers' defamation claim against Mrs. Clinton, but allowed a conspiracy allegation to proceed. Former presidential aide George Stephanopoulos and campaign strategist James Carville also are being sued." [AP/Yahoo]
General: Saddam's Sons Killed in Raid "Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s sons Odai and Qusai were killed in a six-hour firefight Tuesday when U.S. forces surrounded and then stormed a palatial villa in this northern Iraqi town, a senior American general said." [AP/Yahoo]
Howard Dean Surges to Top in California Poll "Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean has surged to the top of the Democratic pack in a poll of Californians released on Tuesday that also showed a Democratic candidate would finish slightly ahead of President Bush in the state." [Reuters/Yahoo]
Scientist Who Killed Himself Was Source of Report, BBC Says "The BBC said today that Dr. David Kelly, the British weapons expert who committed suicide last week, was the source for a report on doctoring intelligence files that led to a battle between the broadcaster and the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair." [NY Times]
In what must be another hard piece of information for the families of the crew members to hear, the Times reports that "[t]he Columbia astronauts lived for almost a minute after their final communication with mission control, well after signs that the craft was in serious trouble." [NY Times]
National Briefing: Washington "CHICKEN RECALL ConAgra Foods Poultry is recalling 129,000 pounds of chicken because the chicken may contain glass, the Agriculture Department said. The company is asking distributors in Florida, Georgia, New York, North Carolina and South Carolina to return bags of three and a half to four pounds "Country Pride Fresh Chicken" that have a sell-by date of 6-20-03, 6-21-03 or 6-22-03. The packages are marked with an establishment code of P-177 in the U.S.D.A. inspection seal." [AP/NY Times]
Is this the end of Netscape? ""For the most part, it means Netscape is pretty much gone," said Rob Enderle, an analyst for research firm Giga Information Group. "AOL is going to continue indefinitely now on IE (Internet Explorer) and has no justification really to continue funding Netscape." [ZDNET]
From the Top I really enjoy this radio show. In the righthand sidebar is a link to a 7 minute 44 second segment on FTT that was shown on The Today Show. One poignant moment -- the introduction by NBC's David Bloom, who perished in Iraq this year.
