Qwest Has 1st-Qtr Profit of $57 Mln on Asset Sale (Update4)
Bloomberg - 2 hours ago May 3 (Bloomberg) -- Qwest Communications International Inc., which yesterday scrapped a takeover bid for MCI Inc., had a first-quarter profit of $57 million because of an asset-sale gain. Sales declined as subscribers canceled local lines.

Jilted Groom: I Still Want Her
CBS News - 6 hours ago (CBS/AP) The man whose jittery bride-to-be skipped town days before her lavish wedding and claimed she had been abducted says that his fiancée wants the "whole world to know she's very, very sorry.". John

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty a Success, But Faces Key
Voice of America - 35 minutes ago By Andre de Nesnera. Treaty, or NPT, the legal cornerstone of non-proliferation efforts. Three countries: India, Pakistan and Israel, have not signed the treaty and a fourth, North Korea, has withdrawn from it.

Berlusconi under pressure on Iraq
CNN International - 2 hours ago ROME, Italy -- Pressure is mounting on the Italian government from its own supporters to reconsider the country's military presence in Iraq after conflicting reports on the killing of an Italian agent by US soldiers.

Pentagon says Iraq war erodes military's abilities
Reuters AlertNet - 1 hour ago By Will Dunham. WASHINGTON, May 3 (Reuters) - Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan have constrained the military's ability to tackle other potential conflicts, making any future war more likely to be longer and bloodier, according to America's top general.

Not-Guilty Plea Entered for BTK Suspect
ABC News - 3 hours ago Dennis Rader, charged with 10 counts of murder in the BTK serial killings that terrorized Wichita since the 1970s, is led from Sedgwick County court in Wichita, Kan., Tuesday, May 3, 2005, after his arraignment.