PHILLIPS: Breaking news to tell you about. "The Washington Post" reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder will appoint a special prosecutor. His goal: to examine nearly a dozen cases in which CIA interrogators allegedly tortured terror suspects in custody. Sources tell The Post that Holder is set to name John Durham, a Justice Department prosecutor, from Connecticut. This comes as President Obama approves a special interrogation unit to be overseen by the White House and amid a CIA report detailing possible prisoner abuse. Other top stories. One search is over, another begins in the killing of a swimsuit model, Jasmine Fiore. The man suspected in her death, reality TV star Ryan Jenkins, has been found dead of an apparent suicide in a Canadian motel room. Authorities are trying to identify a woman who was seen dropping him off there. In Oklahoma, the daughter of a convicted child rapist plans to testify against him before a grand jury. David Earl is scheduled to leave prison next month, just 19 weeks after pleading guilty to raping a foru-year-old girl. Earl's daughter and two other women say that Earl's raped them, too, and they want him to stay behind bars. T-minus 11 hours till liftoff for the space shuttle Discovery. If you want to see it live, you better get a nap this afternoon. It's not blasting off till 1:30 in the morning Eastern time, weather permitting, of course. The shuttle is delivering equipment to the international space station. Three space walks are planned.
Holder to Appoint a Special Prosecutor