Wall St. Week Ahead: Stocks Eye Fed, Jobs
MSN Money - 3 hours 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.

Pyongyang tests missile on eve of UN nuclear talks
Independent - 24 minutes ago By Rupert Cornwell in Washington. Talks on curbing nuclear proliferation which open today in New York seem doomed to failure, threatened by deadlock over two proposals and overshadowed by new threats from Iran

Cold feet and hot tempers as runaway bride found safe
Independent - 37 minutes ago By Kristen Wyatt in Duluth, Georgia. The hunt for Jennifer Wilbanks consumed Duluth, a tight-knit Atlanta suburb, when she went missing four days before her wedding. But after her safe return, some residents

Egypt Detains More Than 200 in Attacks on Tourist Industry
New York Times - 1 hour 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.

At Annual Meeting, Buffett Steers Clear of AIG Details
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By Ben White. OMAHA, April 30 -- Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chief executive Warren E. Buffett, the world's second-wealthiest man, sat down before 20,000 of his shareholders here Saturday for the company's annual

North Korean missile fired towards Japan
Guardian Unlimited - 41 minutes ago International efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its suspected nuclear weapons programme were in danger of unravelling yesterday amid reports that it has launched a short-range conventional missile into the Sea of Japan.

Australian national taken hostage in Iraq - videotape
Forbes - 1 hour ago LONDON (AFX) - An Australian national has been taken hostage in Iraq, according to a videotape broadcast by Britain's Sky News television on Sunday. The tape shows an ashen-faced man in his 60s who identifies

Family waits on news of capture of Hassan’s killers
IrishExaminer.com (subscription) - 48 minutes ago By Caroline O’Doherty. THE family of abducted Irish aid worker Margaret Hassan were waiting for official confirmation of reports from Iraq last night her killers had been captured. In the first apparent breakthrough

Battling On Benefits
TIME - 3 hours ago George Bush is trying to call the bluff of Democrats, who have been so unified in their opposition to his plan to revamp Social Security. After months of ducking specifics about the hard benefits cuts that

A 'desperate housewife' lifts the lid on life in the Bush family
Independent - 34 minutes ago By Rupert Cornwell in Washington. That has been the Laura Bush the world knows. On Saturday, however, a new Laura Bush emerged: racy and mocking ­ a "desperate housewife" of the television series variety, looking