Italy challenges US on shooting
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 1 hour ago By Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times. ROME -- Italy yesterday sharply challenged a US Army report that had exonerated American soldiers in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer near Baghdad.

US Urges Punishment For Iran Nuclear Work
Washington Post - 3 hours ago By Dafna Linzer. UNITED NATIONS, May 2 -- The Bush administration said Monday that Iran was trying to build atomic weapons in secret and suggested the international community should respond by taking away Tehran's right to nuclear energy technology.

Georgia City May Want Bride to Pay
New York Times - 2 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.

Lynndie England enters a guilty plea on Abu Ghraib abuse
Winston-Salem Journal - 1 hour ago Pfc. Lynndie England, the young woman pictured grinning and giving a thumbs-up in some of the most notorious photos to come out of the Abu Ghraib scandal, pleaded guilty yesterday to mistreating prisoners, saying

No new info on hostage: Downer
Daily Telegraph - 23 minutes ago THE federal government had no new information on the kidnapping of an Australian man held hostage in Iraq, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer said today. Mr Downer, speaking from New York after securing a commitment

Morgan Stanley fails to silence rebel campaign over Purcell
Independent - 2 hours ago By Katherine Griffiths in New York. Former executives at Morgan Stanley have refused to call off their campaign to oust the investment banking giant's chief executive Philip Purcell, despite concessions from the board.

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 8 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

Israeli cabinet member quits to protest pullback plan
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - 1 hour ago By Laura King, Los Angeles Times. JERUSALEM -- Natan Sharansky, the onetime symbol of oppressed Soviet Jewry, quit his Cabinet post yesterday to protest Israel's planned withdrawal from the Gaza Strip this summer.

Fla. governor signs tougher sex offender bill
Kansas City Star - 50 minutes ago BY MARC CAPUTO. TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - (KRT) - The parents of two murdered girls choked back tears and hugged Gov. Jeb Bush when he signed a law Monday that makes it easier for Florida to execute some future sex