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

Cold feet and hot tempers as runaway bride found safe
Independent - 7 hours ago By Kristen Wyatt in Duluth, Georgia. The hunt for Jennifer Wilbanks consumed Duluth, a tight-knit Atlanta suburb, when she went missing four days before her wedding. But after her safe return, some residents

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.

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.

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.

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

Bush signals change in benefits calculations
NorthJersey.com - 50 minutes ago By PETER G. GOSSELIN and WARREN VIETH. PRESIDENT BUSH indirectly signaled last week that keeping Social Security solvent without raising taxes would require cutting back the future benefits of middle- and upper-income seniors.

Egyptians Round Up 200 After Tourist Attacks
Los Angeles Times (subscription) - 47 minutes ago CAIRO — Egyptian police detained 200 people over the weekend for questioning in two assaults on foreign tourists and were hunting for one attacker's brother, security sources said Sunday. Police rounded

Neiman Marcus gets three buyout bids
USA Today - 1 hour ago By Lorrie Grant, USA TODAY. Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus Group (NMGA) is mulling takeover bids from three groups of investors, according to sources who have been briefed on these offers. By Friday's deadline