Buffett Says Chastened Insurers Are Making Changes
New York Times - 48 minutes ago By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN. OMAHA, May 1 - Warren E. Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., said here Sunday that insurers had been "sensitized" by disclosures of unseemly practices and financial manipulation

Laura Bush: Take my husband
USA Today - 2 hours 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

Violence surges on in Iraq
Xinhua - 1 hour ago BEIJING, May 2 --Insurgents have launched a third straight day of attacks in Iraq, killing at least ten Iraqis and wounding more than 20. A car bomb blast detonated near a US military convoy in western Baghdad

Family of Iraq hostage to make statement
Age (subscription) - 48 minutes ago The brother of an Australian man taken hostage in Iraq says the family will make a statement. Douglas Wood, 63, has been shown pleading for his life in a video message sent to media outlets and begging Australia

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 2 hours 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

Bush's Social Security gamble puts pressure on Democrats
USA Today - 1 hour ago President Bush's plan to set up individual retirement accounts within Social Security has often been called the sweetener that will make the inevitable benefit cuts or tax increases easier for the public to swallow.

S. Korea Downplays N. Korea Missile Test
ABC News - 32 minutes ago A South Korean police officer looks at North Korea's Scud-B missile, center green, and other South Korea's missiles at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea, in this March 10, 2003 file photo. The

Iran Plans Defense of Nuclear Program
Washington Post - 59 minutes ago By Dafna Linzer. Iran is planning to mount a staunch defense of its nuclear energy program at an international conference beginning today and will insist on rights to the same technology afforded to all members

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 3 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.

Purcell Hangs On
Forbes - 1 hour ago NEW YORK - Philip Purcell held on as Morgan Stanley's chief executive over the weekend, when the firm's board of directors reaffirmed its commitment to him and elected to keep the company intact. But the embattled