Nuclear Fears Grow as North Korea Tests Missile
Scotsman - 25 minutes ago In a world of growing nuclear fears and mistrust, US negotiators are in New York today to urge a global non-proliferation conference to take action on Iran and North Korea. The latter is reported to have test

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

Changes at Morgan Stanley Won't Include Ouster at Top
New York Times - 29 minutes ago By LANDON THOMAS Jr. The board of Morgan Stanley, responding to a vitriolic campaign to oust its chief executive, Philip J. Purcell, announced a series of changes in corporate governance yesterday and reaffirmed its support for Mr. Purcell.

Bush's Social Security Twist
Christian Science Monitor - 5 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

Australia won't give in to kidnappers in Iraq: Howard
Xinhua - 1 hour 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.

Desperate White House Wife, Episode 1: The Ranch Hand
New York Times - 26 minutes ago When Laura Bush wisecracked at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner on Saturday night that she was a "desperate housewife" married to a president who was always sound asleep by 9 pm, the popular first lady accomplished two things.

Jennifer Wilbanks Home With Family
WXIA-TV - 2 hours 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

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 3 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.

Violence surges on in Iraq
Xinhua - 30 minutes ago BEIJING, May 2 --Insurgents have launched a third straight day of attacks in Iraq, killing at least ten Iraqis and wounding more than 20. A car bomb blast detonated near a US military convoy in western Baghdad

US Denounces North Korea After Reports of Missile Test
New York Times - 1 hour 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.