Flashed Memory

One shopkeeper, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retribution, said soldiers had gone around the market carrying a box full of afghanis, the Afghan currency, "buying all they could find." He said he had sold about 50 for $2,000, roughly $40 each. A day earlier, he had been selling them for about half that price. "They said they wanted them all and price wasn't important," the shopkeeper said. Drives also appeared to contain the identities of (soon to be dead) Afghan sources spying for the US. Asked what Miss Holmes could have during the birth, Tom Cruise told chat show host Diane (too much leopard print) Sawyer: "Whatever the woman wants. I'm not gonna tell Kate, you know. If she needs an epidural, she's gonna get her epidural." Miss Holmes, 27, who is due to give birth any day, looked weary while shopping at a Beverly Hills store this week.