The Democrats finally have their chance to scrutinize President Bush's own "fuzzy math." For the first time in his presidency, Democrats will take the lead when Congress looks over Bush's budget request–a $2.9 trillion proposal unveiled today. It's heavy on defense, adamant about making tax cuts permanent, and sanguine about balancing the budget by 2012.
For the second time in recent years, I've canceled a paid account on AOL (formerly America Online)–and it was only a medium pain this time. AOL has been known for making it hard to stop its service, even rising to the level of harassment by customer service reps who field requests.
AP - Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms seized an Iranian diplomat as he drove through central Baghdad, officials said Tuesday. Tehran blamed the United States for the abduction, which threatened to raise already sharp tensions between the two rivals.
AP - An astronaut drove 900 miles and donned a disguise to confront a woman she believed was her rival for the affections of a space shuttle pilot, police said. She was arrested Monday and charged with attempted kidnapping and other counts.
A NASA astronaut is behind bars and facing battery and attempted kidnapping charges after allegedly trying to subdue a romantic rival with pepper spray and abduct her from a parking lot at Orlando International Airport, police said. Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak is scheduled to appear in court this morning.
A man sentenced to death in Kuwait for the 1983 bombings of the U.S. and French embassies now sits in Iraq's parliament, according to U.S. military intelligence. Washington also says Jamal Jafaar Mohammed supports Shiite insurgents and acts as an Iranian agent in Iraq.
A British tabloid newspaper has released cockpit video from a U.S. fighter jet being used in the investigation of a "friendly-fire" incident during the early stages of the Iraq war, in which a British soldier was killed.