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Former Iraqi Oil Minister Surrenders 16 minutes ago By NIKO PRICE, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s former oil minister, a trusted adviser who earlier oversaw Iraq (news - web sites)'s top-secret missile programs, has surrendered to U.S.-led forces, the U.S. Central Command said Tuesday. AP Photo (AP Video) Latest news: · U.S. Soldiers Fire at Iraqi Protesters AP - 6 minutes ago · Former Iraqi Oil Minister Surrenders AP - 16 minutes ago · Last Soldier Missing in Iraq Found Dead AP - 27 minutes ago Special Coverage   Amer Mohammed Rashid, known...

New York Times Reporter Resigns By TARA BURGHARTAssociated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP)--A New York Times reporter resigned Thursday after he was accused of appropriating without attribution material from another newspaper's story about a Texas woman whose son was killed in combat in Iraq, the Times said. A Times review of the story by Jayson Blair has ``been unable to determine what original reporting he did to produce it,'' Times Executive Editor Howell Raines said in a statement Thursday night. The review began after San Antonio Express-News Editor Robert Rivard sent an e-mail Tuesday to Times editors asking them to...

Names of the four US Marines who died in yesterday's helicopter crash: Maj. Jay Thomas Aubin, 36, of Waterville, Maine Capt. Ryan Anthony Beaupre, 30, of Bloomington, Ill. Cpl. Brian Matthew Kennedy, 25, of Houston, Texas Staff Sgt. Kendall Damon Watersbey, 29, of Baltimore, Md. The Pentagon has just released the names of two more US Marines who were killed in Iraq. I'll post as soon as I find that.

When he saw the New York Times piece about a Texas woman whose soldier son was missing in Iraq, says Robert Rivard, editor of the San Antonio Express-News, "I proceeded to read what I thought was our own story again." The similarities – from the descriptions of Juanita Anguiano's house to the comments about her son, Edward, whose body was found this week – were so great that Rivard sent the Times a letter of complaint yesterday. "It's a story I'd be embarrassed to have my byline on if it were me," Rivard said.

LOS FRESNOS, Texas - Army Sgt. Edward John Anguiano, the last U.S. soldier missing in Iraq, was found dead, family members and the Pentagon said Monday. Anguiano, 24, disappeared after his convoy was attacked March 23 near Nasiriyah in southern Iraq. Anguiano's grandfather and an aunt said military officials notified the family late Sunday. "What we heard is that he was ambushed," said Vicente Anguiano Sr., 72. "They found his truck, the one he drove, and it had been stripped — tires and everything. They found a body near the truck." Officials used DNA tests to confirm the remains were...