Jul 3, 2007 5:51 AM

Five for Fighting 7/3/07

* Pak nuke-slinger slips free * Roswell deathbed confession: "aliens" * Missile shield talks widen * Ship, $840 million over-budget, still unfinished * Welcome to bomb camp * Extra punch: health care connection in London plot (High five: RC, CF)

* Pak nuke-slinger slips free
** Roswell deathbed confession: "aliens" *
* Missile shield talks widen
* Ship, $840 million over-budget, still unfinished
* Welcome to bomb camp
* Extra punch: health care connection in London plot

(High five: RC, CF)

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED. He's the former editor-in-chief of Rolling Stone and The Daily Beast. ... Read More

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