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  • An inquiry led by Britain's Lord Butler concludes Saddam Hussein probably did not have weapons of mass destruction. The report finds Prime Minister Tony Blair's government did not deliberately distort prewar intelligence, but calls sources seriously flawed.
  • Gonzo journalist Frank Owen, author of Clubland: The Fabulous Rise and Murderous Fall of Club Culture, has turned his attention to the history of the drug methamphetamine — and he went on a four-day meth binge as part of his reporting. The book is titled No Speed Limit: The Highs and Lows of Meth.
  • WNYC reporter Cyndi Rodriguez talks about the latest on the US Airways plane has crashed into the Hudson River. More than 100 people were on board flight 1549 that had taken off from LaGuardia Airport on its way to Charlotte, N.C.
  • The Laurel County sheriff’s office said it has no confirmation of social media and state Democratic Party reports that the Ku Klux Klan allegedly…
  • Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller testifies that Lewis "Scooter" Libby first discussed an undercover CIA agent with her weeks before his stated recollection. Libby is the former vice presidential aide accused of lying to FBI agents and a grand jury about the CIA leak.
  • The Camp Fire, the deadliest wildfire in California's history, has killed at least 56 people. On Wednesday, the Butte County Sheriff's Office said 130 people are still missing.
  • Fox Sports reporter Emily Jones was talking on camera about a Texas Rangers player when a baseball fan photo-bombed her. That fan was former President George W. Bush, who walked by and yelled, "Hey!"
  • The Los Angeles Times recently reported that — from 1970 to 1991-- the Boy Scouts of America covered up child sex abuse. L.A. Times reporter Jason Felch talks with host Michel Martin about the investigation of more than a thousand confidential files. Advisory: This conversation may not be comfortable for all listeners.
  • New York Times reporter JOHN DARNTON. This past Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, DARNTON published a series of articles in the Times about the current state of Africa. He was the Times' Africa correspondent in the 70s. This 3-part series is his return to see how conditions have changed. He reports that living standards have declined far below the rest of the world, with most African countries in economic turmoil, replete with famine, war and drought. He says the World Bank has become the new superpower of Africa with the post-cold war pullout of the U.S. and Russia. And desipte economic collapse, he writes that countries are proclaiming democracy throughout Africa: the era of president-for-life is ending. "But," he writes, "political liberalization may be widening ethnic cleavages.
  • The Mueller Report did not draw any conclusions about whether or not President Trump obstructed justice.
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