Today's Details

-A high-level military investigation into the killings of 24 Iraqis in Haditha last November has uncovered instances in which American marines involved in the episode appear to have destroyed or withheld evidence, according to two Defense Department officials briefed on the case. The investigation found that an official company logbook of the unit involved had been tampered with and that an incriminating video taken by an aerial drone the day of the killings was not given to investigators until Lt. Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, the second-ranking commander in Iraq, intervened, the officials said. DETAILS

-Iraqi officials announced plans to double the amount of money spent to import fuel to combat the country's worst oil and gasoline shortages in years. Much of the fuel crisis is due to insurgent attacks on convoys and on Iraq's fragile pipeline network, Oil Ministry officials said. DETAILS

-It was supposed to be a big rally of support to prove that Katherine Harris still has plenty of backing from key players in the GOP for her U.S. Senate run. U.S. Sen. Mel Martinez, Lt. Gov. Toni Jennings, three congressmen and four state legislators were expected to stand side by side with Harris at the “Orlando Fly-In Rally” set up the day before by the Harris campaign. None of them showed up. DETAILS