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67 percent: Number of Americans who believe President Bush should not pardon Scooter Libby, opposed to just 21 percent who believe he should.

Although Khalid Sheikh Mohammed's confession "may have effectively signed his own death warrant," his statements might actually help other suspects. "Mohammed took credit for so many different terrorist plots that others could use his testimony in their own defense strategy."

"Buried in the $124 billion House version of the wartime supplemental appropriation is an order to the Defense Department to release a report on the April 2004 death in Afghanistan of Army Spc. Patrick Tillman," whose death by friendly fire Army leaders tried to cover up.

Yesterday, the "House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a measure that barred the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center."

House investigators are looking at "whether the Army is running a plush ward at the [Walter Reed] complex for VIPs at the expense of ordinary war casualties." The suites -- which are reserved for high-ranking government officials and dignitaries -- "have carpeted floors, antique furniture and fine china in the dining rooms." The only enlisted members allowed to stay there are Medal of Honor recipients.

New report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shows that this "winter was the warmest on record worldwide."

"A review of existing computer climate models suggests that global warming could transform the North Pole into an ice-free expanse of ocean at the end of each summer by 2100, scientists reported today." The lead author of the review even said that their estimate "may be conservative."

John McKay, one of the purged U.S. Attorneys, yesterday "called for an investigation of the Justice Department's handling of the firings. McKay said that at very least, there should be an investigation by the DoJ's Inspector General, but if that was opposed, a special prosecutor should be appointed."

And finally: "In an emergency measure" Thursday night, the Cocoa Beach City Commission in Florida "banned indoor furniture from the beach, after what they said were rowdy weekend parties around sofas." "I think we just need to raise the bar a little bit, and this is a way we're going to start to do it," said Commissioner Kevin Pruett.