"A secret report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff lays the blame for setbacks in Iraq on a flawed and rushed war-planning process that 'limited the focus' for preparing for post-Saddam Hussein operations," the Washington Times' Rowan Scarborough reports. "The report, prepared last month, said the search for weapons of mass destruction was planned so late in the game that it was impossible for U.S.

"Two top Environmental Protection Agency officials who were deeply involved in easing an air pollution rule for old power plants just took private-sector jobs with firms that benefit from the changes," Knight Ridder's Seth Boronstein reports.

A Canadian meat packing plant has retained the Primary Counsel Group, a PR firm, to help answer allegations that it has been processing and selling "deadstock" - dead and condemned animals deemed unfit for human consumption.