July 24, 2002

Actor Rob Lowe is planning to leave NBC’s The West Wing during the next season because of pay demands and the fact that Martin Sheen is the show’s star rather than himself. 9:53:16 PM

Israel will investigate what led to the decision to use a one-ton bomb to kill Hamas leader Salah Shehadeh in Monday’s attack that all killed many civilians. Mistakes included believing that: The building was not used by his family, only for Hamas operations. Nearby buildings would not be affected and were empty. Clearly a mistake occurred, but if it was Hamas that killed over a dozen people in an attach their leaders would be gloating not trying to find out what went wrong. 9:03:21 PM