Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 3 hours ago Dennis Rader, charged with 10 counts of murder in the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita since the 1970s, is led from Sedgwick County court in Wichita, Kan., Tuesday, May 3, 2005, after his arraignment.

Stocks Finish Mixed After Fed Raises Rate
Forbes - 34 minutes ago Stocks stumbled to a mixed finish Tuesday as the Federal Reserve kept to its policy of gradual interest rate hikes but signaled increased concerns about inflation. According to preliminary calculations, the

China Offers Pandas but Rejects Talks
The Moscow Times - 46 minutes ago BEIJING -- China on Tuesday snubbed Taiwanese President Chen Shui-bian, saying it would not hold talks until his party drops a clause in its platform calling for the island's formal independence. The move

Iraqi Govt sworn in
Stuff.co.nz - 56 minutes ago BAGHDAD: Iraq has sworn in a new government but five ministries and two deputy prime minister posts were left unfilled, highlighting the intense difficulties faced in forming a leadership uniting Shi'ites, Sunnis and Kurds.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 6 hours ago (CBS/AP) The man whose jittery bride-to-be skipped town days before her lavish wedding and claimed she had been abducted says that his fiancée wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty a Success, But Faces Key
Voice of America - 36 minutes ago By Andre de Nesnera. Treaty, or NPT, the legal cornerstone of non-proliferation efforts. Three countries: India, Pakistan and Israel, have not signed the treaty and a fourth, North Korea, has withdrawn from it.

Qwest Has 1st-Qtr Profit of $57 Mln on Asset Sale (Update4)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Qwest Communications International Inc., which yesterday scrapped a takeover bid for MCI Inc., had a first-quarter profit of $57 million because of an asset-sale gain. Sales declined as subscribers canceled local lines.

Faure Gnassingbe formally declared president of Togo
Xinhua - 3 hours ago LOME, May 3 (Xinhuanet) -- Faure Gnassingbe, the son of Togo's late president Gnassingbe Eyadema, was Tuesday formally declared winner of the presidential polls by the constitutional court. The court "proclaims

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 2 hours ago ROME, Italy -- Pressure is mounting on the Italian government from its own supporters to reconsider the country's military presence in Iraq after conflicting reports on the killing of an Italian agent by US soldiers.

Pentagon says Iraq war erodes military's abilities
Reuters AlertNet - 1 hour ago By Will Dunham. WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have constrained the military's ability to tackle other potential conflicts, making any future war more likely to be longer and bloodier, according to America's top general.