Penance for the Bride Who Should Be Blushing
Washington Post - 2 hours ago Jennifer Wilbanks, America's "runaway bride," is back safe in Duluth, Ga., having disappeared days before her huge wedding, prompting a nationwide search, and bothering the nice people of Albuquerque with her problems.

When the First Lady gets the laughs
Allentown Morning Call - 4 hours ago If there was any doubt about President George W. Bush's strong suit in his second term in the White House, it was cleared up Saturday evening at an inside-the-Beltway event at the Washington Hilton. The occasion

Qwest Has 1st-Qtr Net Income of $57 Million; Sales $3.45 Bln
Bloomberg - 30 minutes ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Qwest Communications International Inc., which yesterday scrapped a takeover bid for MCI Inc., reported first-quarter profit of $57 million on sales of $3.45 billion. Net income was 3

Australia firm over Iraq hostage
BBC News - 34 minutes ago Newspapers across Australia have been reporting in detail on the case of the contractor Douglas Wood who is being held hostage in Iraq. Pictures of a distressed Mr Wood - grabbed from a videotape released

Dollar firm ahead of Fed
Reuters - 1 hour ago By Carolyn Cohn. LONDON (Reuters) - The dollar hit a two-week high against the euro on Tuesday, holding its own as traders bet the United States will keep steadily raising interest rates to fight inflation despite signs of slower US economic growth.

String of Freeway Shootings In LA Area Has Left 4 Dead
Washington Post - 59 minutes ago By Kimberly Edds. LOS ANGELES, May 2 -- Four Southern California drivers have been shot to death and four more have been wounded -- including two last weekend -- in a seven-week epidemic of freeway violence

Italy fumes over report vindicating US soldiers in Calipari death
Earthtimes.org - 1 hour ago Rome: A US report that acquit American soldiers for the killing of the Italian intelligence agent near Baghdad has infuriated Italy which has now challenged the US report saying that the American soldiers had not signalled the checkpoint appropriately and

China offers pandas as Lien ends historic trip
Reuters - 1 hour ago By John Ruwitch. BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing offered Taiwan a pair of giant pandas and lifted a ban on Chinese tourists visiting the island on Tuesday as goodwill gestures at the end of a historic trip to the mainland by Taiwan opposition leader Lien Chan.

Nuclear Obligations: Iran and the United States
Kansas City infoZine - 36 minutes ago A long-awaited review conference on the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) got underway at the United Nations yesterday, with the talks scheduled to last until May 27. Washington, DC - Institute for Public Accuracy

Body of Missing US Pilot Found in Iraq
ABC News - 27 minutes ago Iraqis rush to give help to Hameed Shihab, 52, who was wounded when clashes between unidentified gunmen and US Army forces broke at the northern checkpoint in Ramadi, 113 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, May 3, 2005.