Here are the big stories on the agenda today.
A major turning point in a case that dominated the headlines for months. Drew Peterson has been indicted for the death of his third wife. It's a murder that was uncovered after his fourth wife Stacy vanished 18 months ago.
A key test of whether we've really turned that corner. The monthly jobs report for April is due out this morning. Some reports suggest we could hit a 25-year high – but there are sings the pace could be slowing. The CNN Money Team has the good and bad and what it all means for you.
Dozens of Marines setting foot in Afghanistan, the first of President Obama's surge of 21,000. Much larger waves are expected in the coming weeks, but troops on the ground say supply lines are running too slow. They weren't afraid to tell the defense secretary that on his trip to the war zone. Chris Lawrence has the latest from Afghanistan.
More than 30,000 residents in Santa Barbara told to get out – as a California wildfire burns out of control. The fire was only ten-percent contained as the winds picked up again last night. Emergency officials say at least 75 homes have been destroyed, but more than 12,000 could be in danger.
Discharged for being gay. Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and officer in the Army National Guard, who is fluent in Arabic and who returned recently from Iraq, received word Thursday that the military is discharging him because he admitted he was gay. That’s been the law in this land since 1993 – and is still today under the Obama administration.