Patient silent for years suddenly gets chatty
Kansas City Star - 9 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

Soldier: England Pics Had Legitimate Use
ABC News - 44 minutes ago Army Pvt. Charles Graner, Jr. smiles as he walks to the back entrance of the judicial complex to testify in the court martial of Pfc. Lynndie England at Ft. Hood, Texas, Wednesday, May, 4, 2005. (AP Photo/LM Otero). By TA BADGER Associated Press Writer.

Bomber Kills 50 at Iraqi Police Center
Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours ago By YAHYA BARZANJI. IRBIL, Iraq (AP) - An Iraqi carrying hidden explosives detonated them outside a police recruitment center where people were applying for jobs Wednesday, killing about 50 Iraqis and wounding

Kerkorian bids $31 a share to double GM stake - UPDATE 3
Forbes - 35 minutes ago NEW YORK (AFX) - General Motors Corp. shares surged more than 17% Wednesday after billionaire corporate raider Kirk Kerkorian said he intends to more than double his stake in the world's largest automaker.

Iraqis hope to fully replace US troops by end-2006 - Iraq defence
Forbes - 1 hour ago BAGHDAD (AFX) - The Iraqi army will fully replace US-led coalition forces in the country by early 2007, once it has enough experience, Bruska Shaways, the director general of the Iraqi defence ministry said.

Poll Most Americans say Iraq war not worth it
Reuters - 11 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.

Tehran Challenges Calls For Controls Of Nuclear Technology
Radio Free Europe - 42 minutes ago By Robert McMahon. Iran is challenging calls at the ongoing UN conference on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York for extra controls on nuclear fuel enrichment programs. Foreign Minister Kamal

Pentagon analyst charged with disclosing secrets
Reuters - 54 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Defense Department analyst was arrested on Wednesday on charges of disclosing classified information about potential attacks on US forces in Iraq to two individuals with a pro-Israel lobbying group.

Who is Abu Farraj al-Libbi
MSNBC - 33 minutes ago By Robert Windrem. The Pakistani military, working with US military and US intelligence, has captured Abu Farraj al-Libbi, a man both United States and Pakistani officials believe is the current operations

Nudging up rates, Fed leaves little doubt it will do it again
International Herald Tribune - 4 hours ago WASHINGTON In explaining a decision to make an eighth increase in its benchmark short-term interest rate since June, the Federal Reserve has left little doubt that more rate increases will follow. The US central