• A Look at U.S. Military Deaths in Iraq AP

• Iraq Body Count

• Baghdad Market Bombings Kill 46 and Wound 200 New York Times

• 70 Iraqis Killed in Spasm of Violence Los Angeles Times

• Bush Confident Iraq Will Avoid Civil War AP

• Saddam co-defendants on the stand BBC News

• Britain to Cut Iraq Troops by 10 Percent ABC News

• Afghan blast kills four US troops; cleric survives attack Seattle Times

• Kabul Bombing Could Set Back Talks With Taliban Washington Post

• High-security Harper flight to Afghanistan no routine shuttle Canadian Press

• Iran Rejects Russian Offer to Defuse Nuclear Dispute New York Times

• Military Says Most Would-Be Recruits Unfit AP

Mission accomplished, cont'd.: For those who missed the first 999,999 performances, President Bush will give a speech about Iraq—the first of three this week—in advance of the third anniversary of the U.S. invasion.

When the Tribune searched a commercial online data service, the result was a virtual directory of more than 2,600 CIA employees, 50 internal agency telephone numbers and the locations of some two dozen secret CIA facilities around the United States.

“In the current issue of Vanity Fair, Washington lobbyist and convicted felon Jack Abramoff said he is good friends with indicted Congressman Tom DeLay, and sometimes they sit down and they discuss the Bible together. Apparently, they never made it to the ‘thou shalt not steal’ commandment.” -- Jay Leno

Naughty Bush Photographs

An independent candidate for Texas governor rode in a St. Patrick's Day parade car Saturday with his trademark black hat and burning cigar — plus a beer in his hand, an apparent violation of the state's open container law..."Guinness is the drink that kept the Irish from taking over the world. It would be unthinkable not to have a Guinness during a St. Patrick's Day parade. In fact, it would be spiritually wrong," Kinky Friedman said in a statement issued by spokeswoman Laura Stromberg.

 

Pierce Bush -- the 19-year-old nephew of President Bush -- supports his uncle's position on the D-P World deal. And he's speaking his mind about it.
In an e-mail letter to the Houston Chronicle, the University of Texas student defended the president's position to allow the Dubai-based company to assume operations at six U-S ports.

Enron will be revived to handle port security.-- Grant Gerver

If life truly begins at conception, we should lower the drinking age to 20 years and three months. -- Zing!

President Bush was in New Orleans helping with the reconstruction. He was hammering and sawing on a construction site. Dick Cheney tried to help out too, but he accidentally shot a guy with a nail-gun. -- Jay Leno

Dubai Deal Still Possible

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist says Congress will closely watch a Dubai-owned company to be sure it transfers its U-S port operations to an American company.

But Frist says if an American buyer is not found a deal for DP World to manage and operate major U-S ports still could go through.

In a stunning announcement, the World Health Organization said that bird flu is a bigger challenge than the AIDS epidemic. So if you're dating a chicken, wear a condom! -- Jay Leno

• Bin Laden's niece to get reality show Chicago Sun-Times

• More than 1,000 detained over Pakistan kite ban Reuters.uk

• South Korea gets rare yellow snowfall Reuters

• Saturn Moon Has Water Geysers and, Just Maybe, Life National Geographic, D.C

• Ad Man Predicts the Death of Advertising PR Web (press release), WA 

• My name is Bond...Jimmy Bond.. Reuters

• Man Says Stripper Delivered a Rob-O-Gram AP

• Beer flows from house taps in Norway Reuters

• Police Rescue Moose Tangled in Swingset AP

Polar bear cubs and their mother Huggies are placed on public display at the Ouwehands Zoo in Rhenen, the Netherlands March 10, 2006. It is the first time a polar bear in captivity has given birth to triplets, the zoo said. The three-month old triplet cubs were put out on public display for the first time Friday. Photo/Michael Kooren

Peace.