NATIONAL NEWS
     
      KABUL (AP) - The U.  S.   military says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan.   A spokeswoman says the soldier has been missing since Tuesday.   The soldier was not taking part in a major military operation being launched in the southern Taliban stronghold of Helmand.  
     
      RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani police say a suicide bomber on a motorcycle slammed into a bus carrying defense department employees today, killing at least six people.   The attack happened in Rawalpindi, a garrison city and home to the headquarters of Pakistan's military.  
     
      SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea confirms that North Korea has held another missile test.   A defense ministry official says the North fired two short-range missiles from its eastern coast today.   He didn't say what kind of missiles they were but a news agency reports they were the ground-to-ship type.  
     
      LE BOURGET, France (AP) - French investigators will present their initial findings today on what caused Air France Flight 447 to drop out of the sky in the middle of the Atlantic a month ago.   Since the jet's black boxes have yet to be found, the findings will be based on automated messages from the plane.  
     
      LONDON (AP) - There's another report of Michael Jackson's alleged drug abuse.   Two former confidantes say they tried to keep him from misusing painkillers and other prescriptions, but people around him kept the drugs flowing.   One confidante says when Michael asked for something, he got it.  
     
      LOS ANGELES (AP) - Los Angeles police are calling on the Drug Enforcement Administration for help in investigating Michael Jackson's death.   One official says the DEA has resources and experience in investigating drug abuse and operations that local police may not.  
     
     
     
     
     
      SEATTLE (AP) - The Seattle Times reports Boeing is reportedly in talks to buy a plant in South Carolina for a second possible 787 production line.   The plant owned by Vought Aircraft Industries already produces sections of the fuselage for the new model.   The first 787s are now being assembled at the widebody factory in Everett.   (Seattle Times)
     
      YAKIMA, Wash.   (AP) - The city of Yakima is preparing for layoffs for the first time in more than 25 years.   Mayor Dave Edler told KAPP-TV the city will try to keep uniformed safety officers but other cuts are likely because of a drop in sales tax revenue.   A wage freeze is already in effect.   (KAPP-TV)
     
      SPOKANE, Wash.   (AP) - A federal civil rights lawsuit has been filed against Spokane County in the case of an epileptic man who died in May 2007 following a struggle with three deputies.   The suit was filed this week by Trent Yohe's former wife Serrina Francis, who alleges that the deputies used unreasonable force.  
     
      OLYMPIA, Wash.   (AP) - Initiative promoter Tim Eyman could move his latest campaign closer to the ballot if he hands over nearly 300,000 valid petition signatures to Washington state officials today.   Eyman's latest initiative would put a cap on money flowing into public coffers and use the balance to lower property taxes.  
     
      ELLENSBURG, Wash.   (AP) - Congressman Doc Hastings will present a World War II veteran with eight medals, including a Bronze Star.   Dee Eberhart of Ellensburg was deployed to France and Germany as a first scout in a rifle company until the end of the war.   He's still an active guest speaker at the Holocaust Museum in Seattle, where he relates his experiences of helping liberate those imprisoned at Dachau.  
     
      Weather: Mostly sunny.   High near 95.   Spokane and the Palouse near 91.