The morning's top stories:
- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Syrian President Bashar Assad today in Damascas to discuss the condition of Israeli soldiers that were kidnapped last year.
- Meanwhile, as the fight continues between Bush and Democrats in Congress over the emergency spending bill for Iraq, Pentagon officials are preparing for the possibility of scaling back operations. Silla Brush of U.S. News & World Report breaks down the case for when the war-funding well might go dry.
- A former Wal-Mart employee who was fired for secretly recording phone calls made by a New York Times reporter to the company is now saying his actions were part of a much larger effort to spy on critics, the Wall Street Journal reports (subscription needed). Reuters has a summary of the employee's allegations here.
- Hold the Mozart: A series of studies finds that exposure to classical music, and other supposed brain boosters in infants, doesn't work.
- The Federal Communications Commission has decided against passengers' use of cellphones on airplanes. The agency has been considering lifting its ban on cellphone usage on airplanes since 2004.
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