Saturday, April 30, 2005


Missing bride found in New Mexico is back in Atlanta
Access North Georgia - 4 hours ago The missing Georgia bride-to-be who turned up on a seedy stretch of Route 66 in New Mexico arrived back in Atlanta Saturday night. Jennifer Wilbanks, 32, landed at Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International

For Buffett, the One That Got Away
New York Times - 4 hours ago By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN. TOMORROW morning, Warren E. Buffett and his board will gather in Omaha to consider the merits of three executives he considers likely to succeed him one day as Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive.

US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 7 hours ago The US economy grew at its softest pace in two years during the first quarter 2005, slowing to a slowing down 3.1 percent annual rate of expansion as consumers and businesses curbed spending in the face of rising oil and raw material prices, the Commerce

12 die in latest series of bombings in Iraqi cities
Houston Chronicle - 19 minutes ago By ELLEN KNICKMEYER. BAGHDAD, IRAQ - Insurgents kept up pressure Saturday, detonating a string of bombs in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities that killed at least 11 Iraqis and one US soldier. The US military announced

Victory events emphasize desire for good relations
Houston Chronicle - 20 minutes ago By BERNARD WEINRAUB. HO CHI MINH CITY, VIETNAM - The beggars are mostly gone. So are the streetwalkers. Shops by Bulgari and Cartier occupy spaces at the elegant Caravelle Hotel in the center of town. A Hyatt is opening soon just a few yards away.

Lynndie England to plead guilty to Abu Ghraib abuses
USA Today - Apr 29, 2005 SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Pfc. Lynndie England will plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib prison, her lawyer said late Friday, months after photos of her sexually humiliating inmates made her the

ANALYSIS - Taiwan's Chen seen in dilemma over KMT China fever
Reuters India - 1 hour ago By Tiffany Wu. TAIPEI (Reuters) - When Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan left for China, he was a twice-failed presidential contender seeking a place in history as the first Kuomintang (KMT) chief to set foot

The Challenge to Democrats
Washington Post - 17 minutes ago FOR THE past three months Democrats have declined to engage in a debate over Social Security. President Bush proposed a way of giving workers the option, but not the obligation, of saving some of their Social Security money in personal accounts.

Attacks Wound 9 People in Cairo
Washington Post - 54 minutes ago By Lee Keath. CAIRO, April 30 -- Two veiled women shot at a tour bus in Cairo after a man -- the brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second -- blew himself up as he leapt off a bridge during a police chase Saturday.

First lady steals show at journalists' dinner
Washington Times - 37 minutes ago By Elizabeth Wolfe. First lady Laura Bush stole President Bush's thunder last night with a surprise comedy routine that zapped him and brought an audience that included much of official Washington and a dash of Hollywood to a standing ovation.