Tuesday, May 03, 2005


Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 1 hour 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.

Fed poised to raise rates again
USA Today - 2 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal Reserve policymakers were expected to admit to troublesome signs of weaker growth Tuesday, but the central bank's concern over bubbling prices all but ensures they will raise rates for an eighth time.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 3 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

Taiwan President Invites China's Leaders to Visit
Voice of America - 2 hours ago By Heda Bayron. The president of Taiwan has invited China's leaders to visit the island, as Beijing offered economic concessions and a pair of giant pandas as goodwill gestures to its rival. Beijing responded

Berlusconi's US relationship becomes less special
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Phil Stewart. ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, long proud of having friends in high places, has seen the limitations of his rapport with Washington after a public falling-out over the killing of an Italian agent in Iraq.

Laura Bush: First Lady Of Comedy
Bayou Buzz - 3 hours ago First Lady Laura Bush brought down the house at the annual White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington DC this weekend. She kidded her husband about his early bedtime and said she watched “Desperate Housewives”.

Iran determined to pursue nuclear enrichment
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Louis Charbonneau. UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Tuesday to press ahead with nuclear activities that could be used to develop weapons and accused the United States and Israel of threatening international peace with their own atomic arsenals.

Iraqi Cabinet Sworn In, as New Fighting Is Reported Near Syria
New York Times - 30 minutes ago BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 3 - Iraq's first fully and freely elected government was formally sworn in today, setting up a Shiite-majority leadership that must try to forge unity in the country as it deals with a surge in violence.

Qwest wireless revenues inch lower as subscribers drop
RCR Wireless News - 37 minutes ago Qwest Communications International Inc. reported a 1.6-percent drop in first-quarter wireless revenues from $126 million during the first quarter of 2004 to $124 million this year. Qwest's wireless revenues

Status of Those Charged at Abu Ghraib
Washington Post - 1 hour ago By The Associated Press. -- Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea has made her the eighth Army reservist convicted of abusing detainees at the Abu Ghraib prison. Spc. Sabrina Harman, 27, of Lorton, Va., the other