Iraq Car Blast at Funeral Leaves 25 Dead
ABC News - 7 hours ago Iraqi men cross the street after a US Army convoy was attacked by a car bomb in the western part of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, May 1, 2005. Insurgents launched a third straight day of stepped up attacks in Iraq

Lenovo completes IBM buy
iT News - 15 minutes ago Lenovo has completed its US$1.25 billion acquisition -- comprising some US$650 million in cash and US$600 million in Lenovo Group shares -- of IBM's PC Division. IBM’s ownership in Lenovo upon closing is 18.9 percent, the companies said in a statement.

Runaway bride-to-be could face charges
Boston Globe - 21 minutes ago By Associated Press | May 2, 2005. DULUTH, Ga. -- A prosecutor said yesterday that he wants to review whether the runaway bride-to-be who conceded that she made up a kidnapping story should be charged for making false statements to the police.

Hostage family 'extremely concerned'
Age (subscription) - 1 hour ago By Jane Bardon. On the two-minute video, the blond-haired man identifies himself as Douglas Wood, a 63-year-old Australian who lives in California and is married to an American. "I don't want to die," he says on the tape.

S. Korea Downplays N. Korea Missile Test
ABC News - 3 hours 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

Social insecurity
Arizona Republic - 2 hours ago The effort by President Bush to refocus national attention on Social Security reform is welcome in the way that one's bruised forehead welcomes the brick wall falling down. What American, after all, is not growing tired of current federal operations

Egyptian police detain 200 after Cairo attacks
Forbes - 13 hours ago CAIRO (AFX) - More than 200 people have been arrested or brought in for questioning by Egyptian security services following attacks in Cairo tourist areas that left three Islamic militants dead, police said.

World gathers to review nuclear treaty
Boston Globe - 15 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS -- For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world's nations gather Monday to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is keeping the lid on man's most terrible weapons.

AIG to restate, slashing net worth
CNN International - 1 hour ago NEW YORK (Reuters) -- American International Group Inc. said on Sunday it will restate financial reports for much of the last five years, due mainly to accounting errors that will slash about $2.7 billion from its net worth.

Laura Bush: First lady of comedy
USA Today - 2 hours ago President Bush: Thank you and good evening. I always look forward to these dinners, where I'm supposed to be funny — intentionally. I'm really looking forward to hearing Cedric the Entertainer. I kind of think of myself that way.