Laura Bush scoops the correspondents at dinner
Washington Times - 2 hours ago By Stephanie Mansfield. The Washington political correspondents had been waiting for Laura Bush to let down her hair, as Nancy Reagan did when she spoofed her designer-mad image with a rendition of "Second Hand Rose" at a Gridiron Dinner two decades ago.

AIG to restate, slashing net worth
CNN International - 2 hours ago NEW YORK (Reuters) -- American International Group Inc. said on Sunday it will restate financial reports for much of the last five years, due mainly to accounting errors that will slash about $2.7 billion from its net worth.

Social Security 'nerd' earns Bush's attention
USA Today - 1 hour ago By John Waggoner, USA TODAY. Robert Pozen isn't the kind of guy you'd normally expect to get a nod from President Bush at a national press conference. Pozen, 58, is chairman, since last year, of MFS Investment

World gathers to review nuclear treaty
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago UNITED NATIONS -- For the seventh time since it took force in 1970, the world's nations gather Monday to reassess how well the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is keeping the lid on man's most terrible weapons.

Australia: No Negotiation With Terrorists
FOX News - 1 hour ago SYDNEY, Australia — Australia's (search) leader said Monday he won't bow to kidnappers' demands for the country to withdraw troops from Iraq (search) despite a videotape showing an Australian man appealing at gunpoint for US-led forces to leave the

Runaway bride-to-be could face charges
Boston Globe - 1 hour ago By Associated Press | May 2, 2005. DULUTH, Ga. -- A prosecutor said yesterday that he wants to review whether the runaway bride-to-be who conceded that she made up a kidnapping story should be charged for making false statements to the police.

North Korea fires short-range missile
ISN - 1 hour ago ISN SECURITY WATCH (02/05/05) - While trading insults with the US, North Korea reportedly tested a short-range missile in the Sea of Japan on Sunday, Japanese media reports claimed. Japanese news agencies, radio

England to plead guilty in Abu Ghraib scandal
CNN - 1 hour ago (CNN) -- Pfc. Lynndie England -- a central figure in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal -- will plead guilty to reduced charges Monday for her alleged role in abusing Iraqi detainees, a spokesman at Fort Hood, Texas, says.

It's mayhem in Egypt as three go on killing spree
Economic Times - 3 hours ago CAIRO: Two veiled women and a man, brother of one shooter and the fiance of the second shot at a tour bus. The man later blew himself up as he leapt off a bridge during a police chase. All three attackers