Morgan Stanley fails to silence rebel campaign over Purcell
Independent - 1 hour ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Former executives at Morgan Stanley have refused to call off their campaign to oust the investment banking giant's chief executive Philip Purcell, despite concessions from the board.

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 7 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

Rice: US Can Deter North Korean Nuclear Ambitions
Voice of America - 5 hours ago By Meredith Buel. US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, in a tough statement aimed at North Korea, says the United States has significant deterrent capability to thwart Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions. Secretary

Israeli cabinet member quits to protest pullback plan
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 34 minutes ago By Laura King, Los Angeles Times. JERUSALEM -- Natan Sharansky, the onetime symbol of oppressed Soviet Jewry, quit his Cabinet post yesterday to protest Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this summer.

Hostage crisis: Aus seeks UN help
NDTV.com - 1 hour ago Australia's Foreign Minister asked the UN Secretary General for help on Monday in securing the release of an Australian citizen being held hostage in Iraq. Alexander Downer's meeting with Kofi Annan came as

Georgia City May Want Bride to Pay
New York Times - 1 hour ago DULUTH, Ga., May 2 - The runaway bride-to-be who led this Atlanta suburb on an expensive game of hide-and-seek last week may face charges after all, the authorities said, and the city was investigating whether to bill her for the search.

'Inexperience' of troops blamed in agent's death
Washington Times - 25 minutes ago By John Phillips. ROME -- Italy yesterday blamed "stress and inexperience" among US troops for the shooting death of its top intelligence agent in Baghdad but accepted that he was killed accidentally. In a

Annan calls for nuclear disarmament
Xinhua - 1 hour ago BEIJING, May 3 --UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan has challenged world leaders to breathe life into a key nuclear disarmament treaty. Annan opened a month-long conference on the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York on Monday.

Verizon looks like MCI winner
News-Leader.com - 1 hour ago By Jon Van. Chicago — After more than two months of offers and counteroffers, Verizon Communications Inc. appears to have secured a deal to buy MCI Inc. as Qwest Communications International Inc. dropped out of the competition.

England admits her guilt in Abu Ghraig prison abuse case
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 50 minutes ago By TR Reid, The Washington Post. FORT HOOD, Texas -- Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England formally pleaded guilty yesterday to mistreating inmates at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison. Army Pfc. Lynndie England arrives for