Verizon returns to bidding war for MCI
ComputerWeekly.com - 1 hour ago The long-running battle to buy MCI is continuing after Verizon Communications raised its offer for the company to $8.5bn (£4.72bn). This offer has been accepted by the MCI board but it is below the $9.9bn

Italian Press Accuse Berlusconi of Changing Calipari Report
Zaman Online - 51 minutes ago By Cihan News Agency. The Italian press has claimed that Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has altered a report investigating the death of Italian secret service agent Nicola Calipari, who was killed by US soldiers

Iraq’s First Democratic Govt. Sworn In
All Headline News - 32 minutes ago Baghdad, Iraq (AHN) – In an historic event, Iraq’s first-ever democratically elected government is sworn-in with Ibrahim al-Jaafari, Iraq’s Shiite Arab leader becoming the nation’s new prime minister.

Laura Bush: First Lady Of Comedy
Bayou Buzz - 1 hour 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”.

Hip pocket set to save Blair
Melbourne Herald Sun - 25 minutes ago LAST Wednesday, barely a week before judgment day, the heat was finally - and very literally - turned on Tony Blair. On national TV, the Prime Minister looked like an overweight jockey before race day, sweating

Fed poised to raise rates again
USA Today - 54 minutes 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.

Iran Will Pursue Nuclear Technology
ABC News - 1 hour ago Iranian Minister of Foriegn Affairs Kamal Kharrazi speaks during a conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Tuesday, May 3, 2005 at the United Nations. Kharrazi said Tehran is "determined" to

Father Tells Jilted Groom to Go Slowly
ABC News - 2 hours ago In this undated image taken from television and provided by FOX News Channel, John Mason is shown during an interview on FOX News. The jilted groom from Georgia whose bride-to-be ran away four days before

Suspect in Kansas Serial Killings Pleads Not Guilty
New York Times - 1 hour ago Dennis L. Rader, charged by prosecutors with 10 murders as the "BTK" serial killer, pleaded not guilty today, speaking only in response to questions during a brief court appearance in Wichita. He is charged with 10 counts of first degree murder.

Taiwan President Invites China's Leaders to Visit
Voice of America - 1 hour 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