Verizon wins MCI with $8.54 billion deal
BusinessWeek - 51 minutes ago MAY. 2 6:22 PM ET The three-month bidding war for long-distance provider MCI ended Monday as Qwest dropped out after MCI agreed to an $8.54 billion deal with Verizon and rejected a higher-priced offer from Qwest for the fourth time.

Pro-democracy Israeli hard-liner resigns from Cabinet
KFOR-TV - 43 minutes ago JERUSALEM A Soviet dissident turned Israeli hard-liner has resigned from the Israeli Cabinet today in protest over a planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. Natan Sharansky, who has been cited by President

Aussies: No Deals For Iraq Hostage
CBS News - 3 hours ago (CBS/AP) Iraqi militants released a video on Sunday purporting to show Iraq's latest foreign hostage: an Australian who said he is married to an American and lives in California. Meanwhile, violence against

Aussies send group to aid hostage
San Jose Mercury News - 40 minutes ago A team of Australian government and military personnel is scheduled to arrive in Iraq on Tuesday to seek the release of an Alamo resident being held hostage by militants. Douglas Wood, 63, an Australian national

House GOP Split on Social Security Timing
ABC News - 2 hours ago Vice President Dick Cheney speaks about the President's plan to reform Social Security during a town hall style appearance at Campbell High School, in Smyrna, Ga., Monday, May 2, 2005. Some 600 people attended

Groom Gives Ring Back to Runaway Bride
FOX News - 1 hour ago DULUTH, Ga. — When runaway bride Jennifer Wilbanks (search) made her way home after running away last week, John Mason was waiting to give something to his fiancée. "The first thing I gave to her when I saw her was her diamond back.

NPT review conference opens in New York
Xinhua - 1 hour ago UNITED NATIONS, May 2 (Xinhuanet) -- The 2005 Review Conference of the Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) met on Monday at the UN headquarters in New York. At the conference, which will

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 1 hour 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

Purcell Must Mend Morgan Stanley's Wounds
ABC News - 1 hour ago The Morgan Stanley building in New York's Times Square is seen, Thursday, April 14, 2005 in New York. Morgan Stanley Chief Executive Phil Purcell survived a challenge to his position over the weekend after

Italy: Agent's Shooting Not Deliberate
ABC News - 42 minutes ago Italian government undersecretary Gianni Letta speaks on his mobile phone as he leaves Palazzo Chigi premier's office, in Rome, Monday May 2, 2005. The Italian investigation into the death of Italian agent