Georgia City May Want Bride to Pay
New York Times - 4 hours ago DULUTH, Ga., May 2 - The runaway bride-to-be who led this Atlanta suburb on an expensive game of hide-and-seek last week may face charges after all, the authorities said, and the city was investigating whether to bill her for the search.

Morgan Stanley shares fall 6.1%
BBC News - 1 hour ago Shares in Morgan Stanley slid 6.1% on Monday after its board confirmed its backing for the troubled investment bank's boss, Philip Purcell. Eight-ex Morgan Stanley executives have run a highly public campaign

Freeway Terror Spreads to SCV
The Signal - 35 minutes ago An apparent shooting Monday on state Route 14 spurred investigators to shut down the freeway and search for bullet casings and a suspect, although they found neither. The report may mark the fourth car-to-car shooting in Southern California in three days.

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 10 hours 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

Picking up the pieces
Denver Post - 36 minutes ago Qwest backed away from its bid for MCI on Monday, but the Denver company has other hands left to play as the telecommunications industry reshuffles. In the short term, Qwest could opportunistically pick up

Global Nuclear Meeting Opens
ABC News - 1 hour ago UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaks during a conference to review the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Monday May 2, 2005 at the United Nations headquarters in New York. At a time of growing nuclear tensions

England sentencing phase to start; Graner may testify
Fort Worth Star Telegram - 42 minutes ago FORT HOOD, Texas - Pfc. Lynndie England has accepted responsibility for abusing detainees at Abu Ghraib. Now her goal is to minimize the punishment. A sentencing hearing starts at Fort Hood on Tuesday for

Italy Disputes US Report on Agent's Death
Washington Post - 1 hour ago By Daniel Williams and Ann Scott Tyson. ROME, May 2 -- Italian investigators said Monday that nervousness and inexperience among US troops contributed to the March 4 killing of an Italian intelligence agent