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Nation & World
President Bush honors fallen journalists
President Bush told the annual White House Correspondents Association that since their last gathering, "we have lived through some extraordinary events." Bush went on to say, "we have seen a dictator defy the world and we have seen a coalition of free nations give its answer."
At least 13 journalists from around the world died covering the war. Bush singled out the two American reporters who died - Michael Kelly of The Washington Post and NBC's David Bloom.
Bush says Kelly wrote with "integrity and moral conviction," while Bloom "had a natural sincerity that people liked."
Typically one-liners and levity prevail, but with the war in Iraq, organizers decided against the usual practice of a comedian serving as master of ceremonies.
Investigators: Peterson's body found in March
Investigators say they located the bodies of Laci Peterson and her unborn son weeks before the bodies washed ashore in Richmond, Cali.
The Oakland Tribune says the bodies were located using side-scan sonar inside a shipping channel in the San Francisco Bay. But before they could be retrieved, it's believed an oil tanker passed over or near the burial spot and dislodged them.
The wind, choppy waves and high incoming tides eventually brought the bodies to shore in mid-April. Modesto Police Chief Roy Wasden says investigators believe they found the bodies as early as mid-March. One law enforcement source tells the Tribune that the discovery of the bodies by sonar was kept quiet, out of fear that the suspect, Laci's husband, might flee.
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