Officials Concluded Troops Followed Rules of Engagement  —  June 2, 2006 — Horrific images of Iraqi adults and children have fueled new allegations that U.S. troops killed civilians in the Iraqi town of Ishaqi.  But ABC News has learned military officials have completed their investigation …

Channel 5 reporter says ex punched her  —  Rough times for local TV reporter Kathleen Walter.  —  Walter, 32, a main on-the-scene face for WPTV-Channel 5, says she was a recent victim of domestic violence.  —  "I wouldn't wish this experience on anyone," she said.

City Has Itself to Blame for Terror Cuts, U.S. Says  —  The federal agency distributing $711 million in antiterrorism money to cities around the nation found numerous flaws in New York City's application and gave poor grades to many of its proposals.  —  Its criticism extended to some of the city's …

Documents show issues with wives, child support  —  Republican Jim Galley, who is running for Congress as a "pro-traditional family" candidate, was married to two women at the same time, defaulted on his child support payments and has been accused of abuse by one of his ex-wives.

Payroll Growth Stalls in May  —  The nation's economy generated 75,000 new jobs last month, the Labor Department reported today, about half the growth anticipated by economists.  —  Job creation was revised downward in the survey for the months of March and April as well.

Police Shoot Bomb Suspect  —  A man has been shot by police in an anti-terror raid in London on a suspected chemical bomb factory, Sky News has learnt.  —  The 20-year-old, who has not been identified, was shot in the shoulder and was arrested in hospital - his life is not in danger.

Dishonor  —  A major new magazine has been launched in the US and Canada by one of the worlds largest magazine publishing empires.  HFM is a French company that also publishes such well known periodicals as: American Photo, Boating, Car and Driver, Cycle World, ELLE, ELLE Decor, ELLEgirl …

The Brain Workout  —  In praise of video games.  —  A few weeks ago, Sony and Nintendo both revealed their newest video-game systems to great fanfare, complete with slicker graphics and motion sensors.  But not everyone was pleased.  An increasingly noisy chorus of critics charge …

Pilot Fights Black Snake Stowaway on Plane  —  CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Monty Coles was 3,000 feet in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane's instrument panel — a 4 1/2-foot black snake.  —  Coles had left Charleston earlier for a leisurely flight …

Cops: Couple ordered hit on grandkids  —  Wanted to stop testimony at son's rape trial, police say  —  TAVARES, Florida (AP) — A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop them from testifying against their son in his rape trial, authorities said.

Bush to back gay marriage ban amendment  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Bush will promote a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage on Monday, the eve of a scheduled Senate vote on the cause that is dear to his conservative backers.  —  The amendment would prohibit states from recognizing same-sex marriages.

A Sledgehammer Approach, Made Heavier by the Pound  —  How Big Money & Corruption Conquered Our Government —  Crown Publishers, 373 pp., $24.  —  The literary palette has many hues.  The best works of fiction and nonfiction convey a wide range of views and emotions because art, like life, isn't just black or white.

Freakoutonomics  —  LAST month saw one of the sharpest drops in consumer confidence since the recessions of 1979-1982.  But those were truly dreadful times.  Oil prices tripled, rates on home mortgages shot into the mid-teens, the stock market was a disaster area and unemployment rates reached double digits.

LA reporter allegedly attacked for investigating charter school  —  LOS ANGELES - Police were investigating a KABC-AM reporter's accusations that a man assaulted him and grabbed his tape recorder after he attempted to interview the principal of a charter school that a host at his radio station said was "openly segregationist."

Opus Dei's Box-Office Triumph  —  AS a member of Opus Dei, I would like to thank Dan Brown and Ron Howard for "The Da Vinci Code."  Why am I not outraged like so many other devout Roman Catholics?  Because I think we could not have wished for a better result: critics attack the film (and …