Wall St. Week Ahead: Stocks Eye Fed, Jobs
MSN Money - 57 minutes ago By Arindam Nag. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors are likely to remain slightly nervous this week with another rate increase expected from the Federal Reserve and the crucial April non-farm payrolls report on tap.

Reporter's Notebook: Bush May Turn Setbacks into Assets
ABC News - 6 hours ago By JAKE TAPPER. May 1, 2005 — President Bush has proven to be one of the more adept and agile politicians of the modern era. Time and again, he and his political team have shown the ability to turn potential

US confirms North Korea apparently fired short-range missile
Forbes - 5 hours ago WASHINGTON (AFX) - North Korea apparently fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card told CNN television, saying Washington was closely monitoring developments.

Runaway Bride Could Face Legal Charges
ABC News - 1 hour ago Police officers escort a blanket covered Jennifer Wilbanks through the Albuquerque Sunport, Saturday, April 30, 2005, as she is taken to her flight and back to Atlanta. Wilbanks turned up in Albuquerque late

Buffett: Insurance Abuse Nearly Halted
Reuters - 29 minutes ago OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, the top executives at Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRKa.N: Quote, Profile, Research) (BRKb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) , on Sunday said recent regulatory

Investigation Finds Italian Officer's Death a 'Tragic Accident'
Defenselink.mil - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, May 1, 2005 – Army investigators have recommended that no disciplinary action be taken against US soldiers in the March 4 killing of Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari, Multinational Force Iraq officials announced April 30.

England to Plead Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
Washington Post - Apr 30, 2005 By TA BADGER. SAN ANTONIO -- Pfc. Lynndie England, the Army reservist shown in some of the most notorious photos in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, will plead guilty to abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that

Leader of singing group turns to terror
MSNBC - 1 hour ago SHUBRA EL-KHEIMA, Egypt - Once the cheerful leader of a school singing group, Ehab Yousri Yassin underwent a drastic change a few years ago, mingling with Islamic extremists, talking only about religion and forcing his sisters to wear head-to-toe veils.

What 'minuteman' vigil accomplished
Christian Science Monitor - 4 hours ago A volunteer network's effort to close part of border slowed illegal immigration - in one small area. By Daniel B. Wood | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor. SIERRA VISTA, ARIZ. – Retired pilot

Taiwan Can't Be Fooled
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago The increasingly rich and well-schooled Taiwanese aren't like the mainland's 700 million, little-educated peasants whom the communist leaders usually manipulate. Yet last week Beijing treated the people of