House GOP Split on Social Security Timing
ABC News - 2 hours ago Vice President Dick Cheney speaks about the President's plan to reform Social Security during a town hall style appearance at Campbell High School, in Smyrna, Ga., Monday, May 2, 2005. Some 600 people attended

Charges not ruled out for runaway bride
CNN - 2 hours ago ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Jennifer Wilbanks, the betrothed suburban Atlanta woman whose pre-wedding flight spawned a national search, could face misdemeanor or felony charges, a prosecutor said Monday. Gwinnett

UPDATE 6-Verizon wins MCI with $8.5 billion offer
Reuters - 48 minutes ago By Justin Hyde. WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ.N: Quote, Profile, Research) won its 10-week battle for MCI Inc. (MCIP.O: Quote, Profile, Research) on Monday, as Qwest Communications International Inc.

Concessions Urged As Nuclear Fears Rise
Daily Inter Lake - 42 minutes ago By CHARLES J. HANLEY. UNITED NATIONS - Amid rising nuclear tensions, more than 180 nations convened Monday to review the nonproliferation treaty, hearing calls from many sides for concessions by Iran and North

Purcell Must Mend Morgan Stanley's Wounds
ABC News - 2 hours ago The Morgan Stanley building in New York's Times Square is seen, Thursday, April 14, 2005 in New York. Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Phil Purcell survived a challenge to his position over the weekend after

US searches for crew of two missing jets
CNN - 53 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A search is under way for the crews of two Marine F/A-18 fighter jets that were lost Monday while flying in support of the war in Iraq, the US military said. "There was no indication

Italians reject US account of agent's death
Guardian Unlimited - 41 minutes ago Italy is expected today to contradict key findings of a US report that clears American soldiers of any wrongdoing in the death of an Italian secret service agent in Iraq, as prime minister Silvio Berlusconi said the controversy would be debated in

Iraq's new chapter Two US F-18s reportedly collide over Iraq
MSNBC - 47 minutes ago WASHINGTON - Navy officials said Friday that two F-18 fighter jets apparently were involved in an "air-to-air collision" over southern Iraq. There was no immediate word on the fate of the crew members. The

Hostage reliant on persuasion
Advertiser Adelaide - 27 minutes ago THE Federal Government had no new information on the kidnapping of an Australian man held hostage by insurgents in Iraq, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. Mr Downer was speaking from New York after

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 2 hours ago By KYRIE O'CONNOR. 1. I was, I confess, slightly disconcerted by Laura Bush's stand-up act at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. Now, I'm thrilled she'd have the gumption to take on that