Qwest reports first-quarter profit on asset sale
Reuters - 26 minutes ago By Justin Hyde. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc., which lost a bidding war for MCI Inc. this week, said on Tuesday it posted a first-quarter profit due to the sale of assets from its wireless business.

China Tries Panda Diplomacy With Taiwan
Voice of America - 1 hour ago By Heda Bayron. China has offered a pair of giant pandas and economic concessions to Taiwan at the end of a landmark visit by Taiwan's main opposition leader. China's goodwill gestures include lifting a ban

Case pits colleges, military recruiters
Fort Worth Star Telegram - 46 minutes ago By Stephen Henderson. WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday that it will settle a pivotal battle over whether colleges can ban military recruiters from campuses without losing federal funds. The case pits

Two US F-18s Crash in Iraq
Washington Post - 58 minutes ago By Caryle Murphy and Fred Barbash. BAGHDAD, May 3 -- Searchers located the body of Marine pilot Tuesday morning, hours after two F-18 Hornet jets apparently crashed during an operation over Iraq, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

Global Nuclear Meeting Opens at UN
Washington Post - 32 minutes ago By CHARLES J. HANLEY. UNITED NATIONS -- The voice was soft, calm, familiar. But the scenario Kofi Annan sketched out was chilling. A nuclear bomb goes off in a great city. Chaos ensues, and a frightened world asks, "Was this an act of terrorism

DA says runaway bride had broken previous engagement
WHO-TV - 40 minutes ago DULUTH, Ga. Prosecutors in Duluth, Georgia, say this isn't the first time Jennifer Wilbanks has dodged a wedding. Wilbanks is the bride-to-be who vanished days before the ceremony. That prompted a massive search around her home.

Strong Q1 chip sales bode well for 2005
Computer Business Review - 2 hours ago So far, 2005 is shaping up to be a better year for chipmakers than forecasters initially thought. The Semiconductor Industry Association, based in San Jose, California, said worldwide sales of semiconductors

Stand up. Tongue update. Time travelers.
Houston Chronicle - 15 hours ago By KYRIE O'CONNOR. 1. I was, I confess, slightly disconcerted by Laura Bush's stand-up act at the White House Correspondents Dinner Saturday night. Now, I'm thrilled she'd have the gumption to take on that

Italy rebuts US report on slaying
San Jose Mercury News - 1 hour ago By Tracy Wilkinson. ROME - Italy on Monday sharply challenged a US Army report that had exonerated US soldiers in the shooting death of an Italian intelligence officer near Baghdad. In a 52-page report released