For Buffett, the One That Got Away
New York Times - 21 hours ago By TIMOTHY L. O'BRIEN. TOMORROW morning, Warren E. Buffett and his board will gather in Omaha to consider the merits of three executives he considers likely to succeed him one day as Berkshire Hathaway's chief executive.

Leader of singing group turns to terror
MSNBC - 1 hour ago SHUBRA EL-KHEIMA, Egypt - Once the cheerful leader of a school singing group, Ehab Yousri Yassin underwent a drastic change a few years ago, mingling with Islamic extremists, talking only about religion and forcing his sisters to wear head-to-toe veils.

North Korea Apparently Conducts Missile Test
New York Times - 3 hours ago WASHINGTON, May 1 - North Korea apparently launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan today, raising tensions on the eve of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation. Andrew Card, the

Taiwan Can't Be Fooled
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour 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

England will plead guilty to 7 of 9 Iraqi abuse charges
DCEAlumni.com - 1 hour 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

Wall St. Week Ahead: Stocks Eye Fed, Jobs
MSN Money - 56 minutes 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.

What 'minuteman' vigil accomplished
Christian Science Monitor - 4 hours ago A volunteer network's effort to close part of border slowed illegal immigration - in one small area. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. – Retired pilot

Runaway Bride Could Face Legal Charges
ABC News - 1 hour 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

Reporter's Notebook: Bush May Turn Setbacks into Assets
ABC News - 6 hours ago By JAKE TAPPER. May 1, 2005 — President Bush has proven to be one of the more adept and agile politicians of the modern era. Time and again, he and his political team have shown the ability to turn potential

Italy Report on Killing Goes Public Monday
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago By FRANCES D'EMILIO. ROME (AP) - Italy will publish its own report Monday on the US killing of an Italian intelligence agent after the two countries could not agree on the circumstances of last month's shooting at an American checkpoint in Baghdad.