Fed boosts rate target another quarter point to 3%
USA Today - 57 minutes ago WASHINGTON — Federal Reserve policymakers on Tuesday continued their campaign to remove stimulus from the US economy, raising their target for a key short-term interest rate another quarter point to 3%.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 4 hours ago (CBS/AP) The man whose jittery bride-to-be skipped town days before her lavish wedding and claimed she had been abducted says that his fiancée wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Fifteen killed in gun battle in Iraq
Guardian Unlimited - 3 hours ago Fifteen people, including 12 insurgents, were killed today in Iraq about 70 miles outside Baghdad in a battle with US forces and Iraqi security forces, the US military said. In a separate incident, a loud

SIA: Global Sales Up 13.2%
WebProNews - 29 minutes ago According to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), sales of semiconductors shot up 13.2% globally in the first-quarter from last year's numbers. Sales jumped to $55.3 billion from last year's $48.9 billion.

Laura Bush: First Lady Of Comedy
Bayou Buzz - 4 hours ago First Lady Laura Bush brought down the house at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington DC this weekend. She kidded her husband about his early bedtime and said she watched “Desperate Housewives”.

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 25 minutes ago ROME, Italy -- Pressure is mounting on the Italian government from its own supporters to reconsider the country's military presence in Iraq after conflicting reports on the killing of an Italian agent by US soldiers.

Qwest Has 1st-Qtr Profit of $57 Mln on Asset Sale (Update4)
Bloomberg - 34 minutes ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Qwest Communications International Inc., which yesterday scrapped a takeover bid for MCI Inc., had a first-quarter profit of $57 million because of an asset-sale gain. Sales declined as subscribers canceled local lines.

Iran Rejects Efforts to Halt Its Nuclear Program (Update2)
Bloomberg - 20 minutes ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Iran rejects US and European efforts to block its development of nuclear technology, and is determined to continue a uranium enrichment program, Foreign Minister Kamal Kharrazi said at the United Nations.

Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 1 hour ago Dennis Rader, charged with 10 counts of murder in the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita since the 1970s, is led from Sedgwick County court in Wichita, Kan., Tuesday, May 3, 2005, after his arraignment.

China Courts Taiwanese With Pandas
ABC News - 25 minutes ago Taiwan's Nationalist Party Chairman Lien Chan waves to supporters after arriving from China via Hong Kong, Tuesday, May 3, 2005, in Taoyuan's Chiang kai-shek International Airport 40 kilometers (24 miles) south west of Taipei, Taiwan.