I won't be around for the first show, but maybe for the rerun. It looks like a good one -- and Monica's on too...
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In grand jury testimony two years ago, former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby did not assert that President Bush or Vice President Cheney instructed him to disclose the name of CIA officer Valerie Plame to reporters as part of an effort to rebut criticism of the Iraq war, Libby's lawyers said in a court filing late yesterday. The statement that Libby did not link Bush and Cheney to the disclosure of Plame's name during his 2004 grand jury testimony is meant to bolster Libby's contention that no conspiracy existed to make selective disclosures to undermine a key administration critic, as some in Washington have charged.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/13/AR2006041300111.htmlBut... are Fleischer and Rove going to be the focus of Libby's defense?
Libby's lawyers focused on three potential witnesses: State Department official Marc Grossman; former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer; and White House senior adviser Karl Rove.
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/3791917.htmlCountdown w/ Keith Olbermann broadcasts LIVE at 8 pm et, and the count is never complete without you. Join us.
A recent surge in public criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld by retired military leaders is the culmination of months of intense but largely private debate among active duty officers about how best to voice dissent over Bush administration policies, according to officers involved in the discussions. A number of officers have been critical of Iraq policy - mostly anonymously - since the administration's early days. But the calls for Rumsfeld's resignation are an unusual step for members of the military, who are acutely sensitive to the appearance of challenging civilian leadership of the armed forces.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-general13apr13,0,3539237.story?coll=la-story-footerThe lawyer representing the captain of the Duke University lacrosse team thinks there could be indictments in woman's allegations she was raped. Butch Williams thinks the prosecutor will take the case to a grand jury Monday. The woman, a college student working as a stripper, says she was gang-raped last month at a team party. An investigation is continuing even though lawyers for the players say they've been exonerated by DNA tests.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12289760/Florida's newest problem is roughly the circumference of a telephone pole. It has no toes. It snacks on rabbits. It's the Burmese python. And in South Florida, the problem is growing in number and in feet.
"Last year, we caught 95 pythons," said Skip Snow, a biologist with Florida Everglades National Park.
Monica Novotny reports: a photographer who specializes in shooting celebrity look-alikes in real-life situations.
That's some of what we're planning for tonight's show.
Finally,
David Blaine intends to sleep with the fishes - but only for a week, and in full public view. The 33-year-old magician will perform his latest stunt by living underwater for seven days and nights in a "human aquarium" in front of New York's Lincoln Center. He will conclude by attempting to hold his breath underwater longer than the record of 8 minutes, 58 seconds.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PEOPLE_DAVID_BLAINE?SITE=NWCN&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME-- Carey Fox
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Following a newspaper's discovery of stolen U.S. military computer drives showing up for sale at local bazaars outside the large base here, the military announced a crackdown but merchants were still selling the digital wares - including what appeared to be information about Afghan spies informing on al-Qaida and the Taliban.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12289823/Confessed al-Qaida conspirator Zacarias Moussaoui took the witness stand in his death-penalty trial Thursday and immediately attacked his defense team.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12300568/A high-ranking member of the al-Qaida terrorist network was killed in an airstrike on a remote village in western Pakistan, U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12295616/Police arrested a man Thursday in the gruesome killing of six relatives in his grandmother's home, where four of the bodies were found wrapped in blankets in the basement, and blood, bone fragments and a hammer were discovered upstairs, authorities said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12300382/A Powerball ticket worth $224.2 million was sold at a convenience store in St. Louis, Missouri Lottery officials said Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12301732/Authorities in Idaho say they aren't sure of the true identity of a Transportation Security Administration officer charged with attempting to kidnap a 10-year-old boy because they found personal identification documents - including Social Security numbers - for five separate individuals in his possession.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12302041/British girl is thought to have become the first heart transplant patient in the UK and possibly the world to have had her donor organ removed and her own heart re-started, a London hospital said on Thursday.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12301117/Storms that dumped up to 6 inches of rain over 24 hours triggered mudslides across Northern California, burying an elderly man in an avalanche of mud, closing roads and forcing the evacuation of several homes.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12275170/Walt Disney World reopened its "Mission: Space" attraction Thursday, a day after a woman who became ill after leaving the ride died at a hospital. It was the second death in less than a year related to the Epcot Center ride, which spins riders in a centrifuge that subjects them to twice the normal force of gravity. It is considered so intense it has motion sickness bags and signs warning people with heart, back and neck problems not to board it.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12300569/June Pointer, the youngest of the singing Pointer Sisters known for the 1970s and 1980s hits "I'm So Excited," "Fire," and "Slow Hand," has died, her family said Wednesday. She was 52.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12287055/The Beatles are preparing to sell their songs online after years of refusing to take part in the Internet music boom, according to testimony given by the head of their record company.
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