Mike Wallace has finally decided to step away from 60 Minutes -- at age 87. He had been with the show since it started in 1968.

"As I approach my 88th birthday, it's become apparent to me that my eyes and ears, among other appurtenances, aren't quite what they used to be," said Mr. Wallace, whose birthday is May 9. "The prospect of long flights to wherever in search of whatever are not quite as appealing."

Here's the full NYT story.

The NYT ran a story Saturday that purported to tell the story of the man behind one of the iconic Abu Ghraib photos: A hooded man standing on a box with wires coming from his hands. They identified him as Ali Shalal Qaissi.

Now, Salon claims they have the wrong guy:

... Army documents obtained by Salon contradict the Times' account. An official report by the Army's Criminal Investigation Command (CID) concluded that the photo the Times said showed Qaissi actually showed another detainee, named Saad, whose full name is being withheld by Salon to protect his identity. According to the official report, this second detainee was nicknamed "Gilligan" by military police at Abu Ghraib.

The documents were among many photos and files obtained by Salon last month, from a uniformed member of the military who spent time at Abu Ghraib and is familiar with the CID probe.

In an e-mail interview, a spokesman for CID confirmed that investigators had concluded the photograph shown on the front page of the Times was not Qaissi. "We have had several detainees claim they were the person depicted in the photograph in question," the CID spokesman told Salon. "Our investigation indicates that the person you have cited from the NY Times is not the detainee who was depicted in the photograph."

Ethan Bronner, the deputy foreign editor of the Times, said the newspaper was now investigating the possibility that two people were depicted in the photographs. He said the newspaper was no longer certain that the picture it ran on the front page depicted Qaissi. "Serious legitimate questions have been raised," Bronner said.

The following story will appear in Tuesday's NYT: Web magazine raises doubts over symbol of Abu Ghraib.

This BBC story looks at falling newspaper circulation in the U.S.. No great nuggets of info here (except that newspapers are finding they only make about 20 to 30 cents on the Web for every dollar they lose in print advertising), but a solid primer on the issue.