Laura Bush: Take my husband
USA Today - 1 hour ago By Csar G. Soriano, USA TODAY. WASHINGTON — Who would have thought a member of the Bush family could be so funny — on purpose By Evan Vucci, AP. First Lady Laura Bush had them rolling in the aisles Saturday

Australia won't give in to kidnappers in Iraq: Howard
Xinhua - 42 minutes ago CANBERRA, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday that he had been dreading the day an Australian was taken hostage in Iraq, but insisting that Australiawon't give in to the kidnappers.

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 1 hour ago She was suppose to be on her honeymoon. However Jennifer Wilbanks' life is no vacation. The Duluth resident is back home with her family after being missing for four days. She was missing since Tuesday when

3 held over Hassan death
The Sun - 43 minutes ago By RICHARD WHITE. THREE people are being held in Iraq over the execution of British aid worker Margaret Hassan. Soldiers are believed to have found her purse, shirts and trousers after raiding a house. Margaret

US Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile Test
New York Times - 59 minutes ago WASHINGTON, May 1 - North Korea apparently launched a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan on Sunday, a move likely to raise tensions on the eve of a United Nations conference on nuclear nonproliferation.

Sharon: Israel, Turkey to Set Up Hot Line
ABC News - 54 minutes ago Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon walks behind Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, during a meeting at his Jerusalem residence Sunday May 1, 2005. Israel and Turkey are to set up a hot line for

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 2 hours 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.

Morgan Stanley board backs Purcell - from a distance
MarketWatch - 33 minutes ago NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The directors of Morgan Stanley (MWD) this weekend reiterated their support for Chairman and Chief Executive Philip Purcell, but tried to insulate themselves from charges of being too close to him by approving several governance

Dominant CEOs may lead staff to commit fraud, warns Buffett
Independent - 1 hour ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Warren Buffett, America's best-known investor, has issued a damning critique of companies run by dominant chief executives who bully employees into producing smooth earnings

Bush's Social Security Twist
Christian Science Monitor - 4 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