US Airways losses widen
MarketWatch - Apr 29, 2005 SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Bankrupt US Airways, which is in talks that could lead to a merger with America West Airlines, reported wider first-quarter net losses Friday driven by a 48% increase in fuel costs over last year.

Lien Chan pays nostalgic visit to birthplace
Xinhua - 41 minutes ago XI'AN, April 30 (Xinhuanet) -- Visiting Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party Chairman Lien Chan made a nostalgic visit Saturday to Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi Province, as well as the city where Lien was born and spent his childhood.

California group's Minuteman-like project flooded with inquiries
WorldNetDaily - 1 hour ago A Southern California anti-illegal-immigration group is reporting a surge of volunteers for it's August project along the state's border with Mexico following Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's recent endorsement of the Minutemen.

Bush's big gamble
U.S. News & World Report - 2 hours ago By Paul J. Lim. For the first time, President Bush publicly threw his support behind a plan to reform the nation's Social Security system that would reduce future benefits for some Americans. In a prime-time

Attorney: Lynndie England's family accepts her plea decision
KVOA.com - 2 hours ago CHARLESTON, W.Va. An attorney for relatives of Private First Class Lynndie England says they have accepted her decision to plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in Abu Ghraib (grayb) prison. Roy Hardy told

Explosion, shooting attack in Cairo tourist areas within hours
Malaysia Star - 56 minutes ago CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Two veiled women shot at a tour bus, and the fiance of one of the women blew himself up as he leaped off a bridge during a police chase Saturday, wounding seven people in the second strike on tourists in less than a month, part of an

US Economic growth weakest in two years
Boersenreport - 2 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

Emotional Rollercoaster for Family
WXIA-TV - 1 hour ago Friends and family said amen as the group broke up. Their prayers had been answered. They had just heard the news. “This is one of the most obvious answers to prayers i can imagine that the world would want

US soldiers cleared in Italian agent's death
CNN - 35 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The US military has determined that no disciplinary action should be taken against any soldier involved in the mistaken killing of an Italian intelligence agent who was trying to spirit a just-freed hostage out of Iraq.

Vietnam Marks 30 Years Since War's End
ABC News - 1 hour ago Vietnamese soldiers re-enact the liberation of Saigon during 30th anniversary day celebrations Saturday, April 30, 2005, in Ho Chi Minh City. The day marks the end of the fighting in the Vietnam War. (AP Photo/David Longstreath).