The National Park Service said Jim Cole, 57, was hiking alone, off- trail in prime grizzly habitat Wednesday when he was attacked by a sow with a cub. He apparently was carrying pepper spray but whether he used it was unclear.

Cole told rangers he walked two to three miles to seek help.

Cole, of Bozeman, Mont., was in fair condition Friday at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls. He underwent seven hours of surgery Thursday to repair his face.

The two leading 2008 Democratic presidential contenders had been under heavy pressure from the party's influential anti-war wing and from other Democratic candidates to oppose the emergency funding bill sought by President George W. Bush.

Rare, endangered animals trying to flee Bush's overheated, cracked and broken Earth in Ark:

Endangered, hunted, smuggled and now abandoned, 5,000 of the world's rarest animals have been found drifting in a deserted boat near the coast of China. The pangolins, Asian giant turtles and lizards were crushed inside crates on a rickety wooden vessel that had lost engine power off Qingzhou island in the southern province of Guangdong. Most were alive, though the cargo also contained 21 bear paws wrapped in newspaper.

We need the Space Ark...the other endangered species obviously turned on the bears in a Climate Change induced feeding frenzy, turtles eating bears, where does it stop?

Queen of Nice:

Rosie bagged in brutal hunt:


"The View" Hostess Rosie O' Donnell shortly after storming off the set.

Today Hard News:

Johnny Depp: Fop? Dandy?

This week, Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow brings his mixture of menace and mockery back to the big screen in Pirates Of The Caribbean 3. But the real pirate he is based on would have eaten the skittish Jack Sparrow for breakfast and spat out his bones into the deep blue sea.

Uh oh, Big King Tummy Scarf NOT the fave at Cannes:

CANNES, France (Reuters) - When director Pedro Almodovar was named hot favorite to triumph at the Cannes Film Festival in 2006, he called it a curse after he failed to win.

The dubious honor of pre-award favorite -- which so often goes to a film that then fails to win the competition -- falls this year to a movie depicting Romania towards the end of the dictatorship of Nicolae Ceausescu and all its uncaring grimness.

...can't win 'em all I guess. Democrats, the most ethical Congress in history. Have a pleasant Memorial Day Holiday, take a moment to remember what it's really about. Day by Day.