Downer asks UN for help in hostage crisis
ABC Online - 33 minutes ago The Foreign Minister, Alexander Downer, has asked the United Nations for help in securing the release of an Australian kidnapped in Iraq. An Australian emergency response team is expected to arrive in Iraq

NPT Conference Opens Amid Concerns of Deadlock
Voice of America - 45 minutes ago By Peter Heinlein. A conference on nuclear non-proliferation has opened at the United Nations amid concerns about the nuclear intentions of Iran and North Korea. Representatives of more than 180 countries sat

England Pleads Guilty to Prisoner Abuse
ABC News - 42 minutes ago Army Pfc. Lynndie R. England looks down as she arrives to testify in her court martial at Fort Hood, Texas, Monday, May 2, 2005. (AP Photo/LM Otero). By TA BADGER Associated Press Writer. FORT HOOD, Texas May 2, 2005 — Pfc.

Laura: A desperate White House wife
New York Daily News - 12 hours ago BY JAMES GORDON MEEK. WASHINGTON - Nailing her status as the most popular of the Bush clan - and funniest First Lady - Laura Bush stunned and delighted partygoers Saturday night with a wicked and bawdy roast of her husband.

Aussies: No Deals For Iraq Hostage
CBS News - 59 minutes 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

GOP lawmakers cautious over indexing plan
MarketWatch - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Bush's official 60-day push to build support for private Social Security accounts ended over the weekend, but the campaign for the White House's controversial effort to overhaul the popular entitlement program goes on.

Neighbors Play Down N.Korea Missile Test
ABC News - 3 hours ago North Korean workers at the Taen Friendship Glass factory in Pyeong-an, Dae-an province, west of capital Pyongyang, attend a May Day rally on Sunday, May 1, 2005. South Korea on Monday, May 2, 2005 played

Groom Still Wants to Marry Runaway Bride
ABC News - 32 minutes ago Jilted Groom Says He Still Wants to Marry His Runaway Bride: 'Haven't We All Made Mistakes '. John Mason, finance of Jennifer Wilbanks, speaks with friends and family in front of his home in Duluth, Ga., Thursday, April 28. (AP Photo/Ric Feld).

Morgan Stanley shares in early trade - UPDATE 6
Forbes - 2 hours ago NEW YORK (AFX) - Shares of Morgan Stanley fell Monday after a weekend meeting of the board, which threw its support behind CEO Phil Purcell and threw cold water on a possible spinoff the firm's credit card business.

Qwest quits bid for MCI
Rocky Mountain News - 20 minutes ago By Jeff Smith, Rocky Mountain News. Qwest Communications bitterly bowed out of the running for MCI Inc. today, just hours after the Virginia-based long-distance carrier backed a sweetened but much lower $8.45 billion offer from Verizon Communications.