US general seems to confirm one jet crashed
WIS - 15 minutes ago (Baghdad, Iraq-AP) May 3, 2005 - US officials are revealing few details from their search for two Marine jets missing in Iraq. A military statement says the body of one of the missing pilots has been found

Global Nuclear Meeting Opens at UN
Washington Post - 52 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

Grieving dad sees law get signed
AZ Central.com - 3 hours ago TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - As Gov. Jeb Bush signed Florida's tough new child-sex legislation into law, he was joined by Mark Lunsford, whose tie bore pictures of his 9-year-old daughter, Jessica, who died at the hands of a child molester in March.

Trying to peer into AIG's future
International Herald Tribune - 14 minutes ago NEW YORK Maurice Greenberg, the former chief executive of American International Group, was a guru to many. But now Greenberg, ousted as chief executive and chairman in March, resembles the man behind the

China offers Taiwan pandas, Lien ends historic trip
Reuters - 26 minutes ago By John Ruwitch. BEIJING (Reuters) - China offered Taiwan a pair of pandas and other goodwill gestures on Tuesday at the end of a historic visit by a Taiwan opposition leader, but rejected an invitation to Chinese leader Hu Jintao to go to the island.