Lynndie England's Plea Rejected
CBS News - 1 hour ago (CBS/AP) A military judge has rejected Pfc. Lynndie England's guilty plea agreement in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal. Earlier on Wednesday, the reputed ringleader in the Abu Ghraib prison scandal on Wednesday

Crude rallies after supply data
MarketWatch - 3 hours ago DALLAS (MarketWatch) -- The June crude-oil contract shook off bearish US inventory data to trade higher Wednesday morning on the New York Mercantile Exchange despite two reports of larger-than-expected increases in crude supplies.

Mocking the Maestro
CNN International - 2 hours ago Alan Greenspan and the Fed still think inflation's a major concern -- bond investors beg to differ. NEW YORK (CNN/Money) – How many more interest rate hikes are in the cards this year That's hard to answer

Family plea for Wood's life
Melbourne Herald Sun - 28 minutes ago THE family of Australian hostage Douglas Wood has made an impassioned plea to his captures to spare his life, warning he could die if he failed to receive medication for a heart condition. Malcolm Wood, with

Could the US military handle another war
Christian Science Monitor - 3 hours ago Media reports in the US and around the world have taken note of a new classified report from the top US military advisor, which indicates that the US military's current commitments overseas may prevent it from adequately fighting future conflicts.

Poll Most Americans say Iraq war not worth it
Reuters - 14 hours ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A majority of Americans do not think it was worth going to war in Iraq with support at the lowest level since the United States launched the invasion in 2003, according to a CNN/USAToday/Gallup poll released on Tuesday.

Patient silent for years suddenly gets chatty
Kansas City Star - 11 hours ago ORCHARD PARK, NY — Nearly 9½ years after a firefighter was left brain-damaged and mostly mute in a roof collapse, he did something that shocked his family and doctors: He asked for his wife. Staff members

Al Qaeda's No. 3 a major capture
Christian Science Monitor - 1 hour ago WASHINGTON AND ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN – The capture of Abu Farraj al-Libbi, Al Qaeda's new No. 3 leader, in a remote region of Pakistan is a major step forward in the fight against terrorism, according to government officials and terror experts.

US-Iran dispute seen stalling arms treaty work
Reuters AlertNet - 36 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS, May 4 (Reuters) - A nuclear dispute between the United States and Iran is threatening progress at a UN conference on ways to strengthen a global treaty against the spread of nuclear arms, diplomats said on Wednesday.

Bush calls Italian PM over agent shooting in Iraq
Xinhua - 2 hours ago ROME, May 4 (Xinhuanet) -- US President George W. Bush Wednesday called Italian Prime Minister George W. Bush to renew his condolences for Italian agent who was killed in a "friendly fire" by US troop in Iraq.