Battling On Benefits
TIME - 4 hours ago George Bush is trying to call the bluff of Democrats, who have been so unified in their opposition to his plan to revamp Social Security. After months of ducking specifics about the hard benefits cuts that

Morgan Stanley Board Backs Embattled Chief
Washington Post - 1 hour ago NEW YORK -- Morgan Stanley's board gave a vote of confidence for embattled Chief Executive Philip Purcell on Sunday, saying any "suggestions for management changes or a corporate reorganization beyond the proposed spinoff of its Discover Card business

Laura Bush: Take my husband
USA Today - 1 hour ago By Csar G. Soriano, USA TODAY. WASHINGTON — Who would have thought a member of the Bush family could be so funny — on purpose By Evan Vucci, AP. First Lady Laura Bush had them rolling in the aisles Saturday

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 1 hour ago She was suppose to be on her honeymoon. However Jennifer Wilbanks' life is no vacation. The Duluth resident is back home with her family after being missing for four days. She was missing since Tuesday when

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 2 hours ago By MONA EL-NAGGAR. CAIRO, May 1 - Egyptian authorities swept through villages on the outskirts of Cairo on Sunday, detaining more than 200 people after attacks on Saturday that left seven people wounded and three attackers dead.

US Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile Test
New York Times - 31 minutes ago WASHINGTON, May 1 - North Korea apparently launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, a move likely to raise tensions on the eve of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation.

Dominant CEOs may lead staff to commit fraud, warns Buffett
Independent - 36 minutes ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Warren Buffett, America's best-known investor, has issued a damning critique of companies run by dominant chief executives who bully employees into producing smooth earnings

Five held over Hassan murder
Telegraph.co.uk - 2 hours ago By Oliver Poole. Five suspected members of the terrorist group that murdered Margaret Hassan, the British aid worker kidnapped in Iraq last year, were captured yesterday. American and Iraqi troops raided a

Australia Sends Group to Iraq in Bid to Free Hostage (Update1)
Bloomberg - 45 minutes ago May 2 (Bloomberg) -- Australia will send a task force to Iraq in a bid to free an engineer who identified himself on a video broadcast today as an Australian, pleaded for his life, and requested the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.

Sharon: Israel, Turkey to Set Up Hot Line
ABC News - 26 minutes ago Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks behind Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting at his Jerusalem residence Sunday May 1, 2005. Israel and Turkey are to set up a hot line for