In the news edit
- Following controversy over his confessed alcoholism, Charles Kennedy resigns as leader of the British Liberal Democrats party.
- Doctors say Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's chances of survival from his massive stroke are "very high" but that he will likely suffer permanent cognitive impairment.
- Embattled US House Majority Leader Tom DeLay officially resigns from his leadership post.
- Microsoft releases a high priority fix for the Windows Metafile vulnerability.