Macon.com - Your Macon Everything Guide: "Officials at Georgia Military College turned away reporters and photographers who were invited to hear a speech Wednesday by a helicopter pilot involved in the rescue of Jessica Lynch."

30 Media Outlets Protest Treatment in Iraq: "U.S. troops are harassing journalists in Iraq and sometimes confiscating equipment, digital camera disks and videotapes."

FT.com / World / US: "US multinational companies are 'acutely worried' about the business consequences of Bush administration foreign policy"

Jacksonville.com: Metro: Anti-Iraq war veterans pulled from parade 11/12/03: "veterans have earned a special right to have their voices heard"

Yahoo! News - Senate Begins All-Night Debate on Judges: "We confirmed 98 percent of President Bush's judges and all we got was this lousy T-shirt."

FAST FACTS: "The United States military has had to face troops previously trained by its own military or supplied with U.S. weaponry in Panama, Iraq, Somalia, Haiti, and now in Afghanistan. Due to the advanced capabilities these militaries have acquired from past U.S. training and sales, the U.S. had to invest much more money and manpower in these conflicts than would have otherwise been needed."

Yahoo! News - Some experts skeptical about US economic rebound despite solid data: "David Rosenberg, chief North American economist for Merrill Lynch, said a closer look at the data show most employment gains were in low-wage jobs, with incomes barely budging and some key economic sectors left behind.
'We don't mean to dwell on the darker side of Friday's nonfarm payroll report, especially since everyone is dancing around the kitchen table ... (but) we end up being a tad skeptical,' Rosenberg said. "

Army Times - News - More News An act of ‘betrayal’
In the midst of war, key family benefits face cuts

Spin of the Day

MoveOn.org: Democracy in Action FREEDOM AND SECURITY: a speech by the winner of the 2000 presidential election.

Vote count marred by computer woes 5,352 Indiana voters equals 144,000 computer votes.