First Lady's Comedy Skill Well-Kept Secret
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By DEB RIECHMANN. WASHINGTON -- Laura Bush's knack for comedy may have been the best-kept secret in Washington. It turns out that the former librarian, the sweet smiling political wife, can let loose one-liners with the timing of a standup comic.

Wall St. Week Ahead: Stocks Eye Fed, Jobs
MSN Money - 2 hours ago By Arindam Nag. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are likely to remain slightly nervous this week with another rate increase expected from the Federal Reserve and the crucial April non-farm payrolls report on tap.

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 36 minutes 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.

England will plead guilty to 7 of 9 Iraqi abuse charges
DCEAlumni.com - 3 hours ago Lynndie England, the US soldier pic¬tured holding a naked Iraqi detainee on a leash in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will plead guilty next week to most charges against her, her lawyer has said. The 22-year

Runaway Bride Could Face Legal Charges
ABC News - 3 hours ago Police officers escort a blanket covered Jennifer Wilbanks through the Albuquerque Sunport, Saturday, April 30, 2005, as she is taken to her flight and back to Atlanta. Wilbanks turned up in Albuquerque late

Australian Taken Hostage in Iraq as Defense Minister Visits
Bloomberg - 1 hour ago May 2 (Bloomberg) -- An Australian engineer has been taken hostage in Iraq and has appeared on video-tape pleading for his life and asking for nations to withdraw their troops. The video coincides with Australian

Taiwan Can't Be Fooled
Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours ago The increasingly rich and well-schooled Taiwanese aren't like the mainland's 700 million, little-educated peasants whom the communist leaders usually manipulate. Yet last week Beijing treated the people of

Buffett: Insurance Abuse Nearly Halted
Reuters - 1 hour ago OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, the top executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (BRKb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Sunday said recent regulatory

Expert: Missile test was 'political, not military'
CNN - 52 minutes ago (CNN) -- North Korea apparently tested a short-range missile Sunday, the Bush administration said, further raising concerns about the Korean Peninsula's nuclear standoff. CNN's Fredricka Whitfield spoke Sunday

Bush's Social Security Twist
Christian Science Monitor - 2 hours ago Two months of touting personal retirement accounts as an alternative to Social Security haven't done much for President Bush's attempt to reform the New Deal program. That's because his idea didn't really