Search halts as wedding gives way to prayer, pleas
Atlanta Journal Constitution (subscription) - 19 minutes ago Anguished family and friends of Jennifer Wilbanks offered a $100,000 reward for information as an exhaustive search by police and volunteers for the missing bride-to-be was halted Friday. Wilbanks was to be

10 bombs greet new Iraqi cabinet
Guardian Unlimited - 3 hours ago Insurgents exploded at least 10 car bombs in Iraq yesterday, killing and wounding more than 100 people just a day after the approval of the first elected government since the fall of Saddam Hussein. The backlash

Bush's New Social Security Plan Doesn't Change Dynamics
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - 45 minutes ago By Joel Havemann and Maura Reynolds, Times Staff Writer. WASHINGTON — President Bush road-tested his new proposal for shoring up Social Security with a speech at a Northern Virginia community college Friday

Sgt. Akbar Sentenced to Death
Pardon My English - 58 minutes ago Justice has been served, as Sgt. Hasan Akbar was sentenced to death for murdering two soldiers, Army Capt. Chris Seifert, 27, and Air Force Maj. Gregory Stone, 40, and wounding several others days before Operation Iraqi Freedom began.

Microsoft Third-Quarter Profits Double
Yahoo News - 4 hours ago Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT - news) has reported its financial results for the quarter, noting that in the period, profit has nearly doubled. Although sales were below Wall Street estimates, Microsoft expressed an upbeat outlook for the year ahead.

Pentagon: No New North Korean Nuclear Weapon Capability
Voice of America - 3 hours ago By Al Pessin. The US Defense Department says a statement Thursday by its intelligence chief was not a new assessment indicating an increased nuclear weapons capability by North Korea. The spokesman was attempting

Lien urges authorities to support implementation of consensus
People's Daily Online - 1 hour ago Visiting Kuomintang (KMT) party Chairman Lien Chan Friday urged the Taiwan authorities to support the implementation of consensus reached in his meeting with the Communist Party of China leader Hu Jintao.

US economic growth slows
Malaysia Star - 3 hours ago WASHINGTON: The US economy grew at its slowest pace in two years during the first quarter, expanding at a 3.1% annual rate as consumers and businesses were pinched by rising energy prices. Growth in gross

Insurgents Strike Across Iraq, Killing 50
ABC News - 1 hour ago Iraqi soldiers examine the wreckage of a car that was destroyed in a car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, April 29, 2005. A series of attacks hit Baghdad's Azamiyah section on Friday, including car

Putin starts visit to Palestine
People's Daily Online - 1 hour ago Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) talked to President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas upon his arrival in Ramallah in the West Bank April 29, 2005. Putin arrived in Ramallah that day