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Fri, 9 May 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Wounded vets ditch wheelchairs for Segways

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Fri, 9 May 2008 15:12:00 GMT

Word that best describes your mom?

iReporters pick the one word that best describes their mothers Words include 'courageous,' 'everlasting,' and 'nuts' iReport.com: How do you say 'Mom'? Share, see your Mother's Day thoughts
Fri, 9 May 2008 13:48:00 GMT

Getting a glimpse of Guantanamo

MIAMI Life-size human silhouettes cut from orange cardboard direct passersby at busy Bayfront Park to the latest effort by human rights groups to get the Guantanamo prison for terrorism suspects shut down.A replica of a maximum-security Camp 5 cell from
Fri, 9 May 2008 12:39:00 GMT

Philly Probes Taped Beating

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Fri, 9 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Sharpton Chimes In On Philly Cop Beating

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Fri, 9 May 2008 12:28:00 GMT

Reported twister tears through central North Carolina

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Fri, 9 May 2008 10:14:00 GMT

200 Hurt In Va. Tornadoes

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Fri, 9 May 2008 09:33:00 GMT

Tornado Kills 1 As Storms Hit Southeast

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Fri, 9 May 2008 09:33:00 GMT

Taser parties a growing US trend

By Rajesh MirchandaniBBC News, DenverIn a downtown loft apartment in Denver, Colorado, a group of 30-something women is having a party. They joke easily with each other about men, cats and botox. It's more Sex and the City than Psycho, but party
Fri, 9 May 2008 08:28:00 GMT

Bush clan converges for Jenna's wedding

CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush stuck out his right elbow yesterday, jokingly demonstrating how he'll escort his daughter down the aisle at her wedding this weekend. He made the gesture at Andrews Air Force Base before boarding Air Force One for the
Fri, 9 May 2008 07:58:00 GMT

Race Over or Not, Obama Takes a Victory Lap

Senator Barack Obama made a very public return to the Capitol, while behind the scenes there were new talks between Mr. Obama and the party leadership.
Fri, 9 May 2008 04:07:00 GMT

Giant sinkhole forms in Texas

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Fri, 9 May 2008 02:55:00 GMT

U.S. checks reports that leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq was arrested

BAGHDAD (AP) - The leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq, Abu Ayyub al-Masri, was arrested in the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi Defense Ministry spokesman said Thursday. Mohammed al-Askari said the arrest of al-Masri, also known as Abu Hamza al-Muhajir, was
Fri, 9 May 2008 02:42:00 GMT

Storm slams furniture market

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Fri, 9 May 2008 00:45:00 GMT

Iraq says Al Qaeda leader caught; U.S. has doubts

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Fri, 9 May 2008 00:30:00 GMT

Tornado rips through parts of Mississippi

iReporters document tornado damage in Tupelo, Mississippi Mark Pritchard says he didn't hear freight train sound, just 'crazy storm' Graham Hancock photographs uprooted trees, downed signs, destroyed structures iReport.com: Are you there? Send your
Thu, 8 May 2008 22:56:00 GMT

New idea in mortuary science: lye

CONCORD, N.H. Since they first walked the planet, humans have either buried or burned their dead. Now a new option is generating interest -- dissolving bodies in lye and flushing the brownish, syrupy residue down the drain. The process is called
Thu, 8 May 2008 21:48:00 GMT

Obama: World wants to see U.S. lead

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Thu, 8 May 2008 20:10:00 GMT

Twister in Tupelo

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Thu, 8 May 2008 19:17:00 GMT

Web Photos Nab Child Predator In N.J.

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Thu, 8 May 2008 19:14:00 GMT

Child Porn Ring Busted

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Thu, 8 May 2008 19:14:00 GMT

Agreement preserves 240,000 acres in Calif.

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Thu, 8 May 2008 17:48:00 GMT

Readers show storm damage

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Thu, 8 May 2008 17:34:00 GMT

Paedophile suspect arrested in US

Three people in the US identified the Interpol suspectUS police have arrested a suspected paedophile two days after Interpol released his picture, the international police agency has said. Interpol published pictures of the suspect taken from images
Thu, 8 May 2008 17:28:00 GMT

Unemployment Applications Plummet

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Thu, 8 May 2008 16:48:00 GMT

U.S. deploys 43,000 unfit for combat

U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show. This reliance on troops found medically 'non-deployable' is another sign of stress
Thu, 8 May 2008 15:45:00 GMT

U.S. still denied access to Burma as first aid flights arrive

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Thu, 8 May 2008 15:45:00 GMT

Deal sets aside L.A.-sized land tract

LEBEC, California (AP) -- A group of environmentalists and the owners of a large stretch of wilderness have reached a deal that would set aside the largest parcel of land for conservation in California history. After years of legal tussles,
Thu, 8 May 2008 14:22:00 GMT

Oklahoma recovering from severe storms

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Thu, 8 May 2008 14:06:00 GMT

The Mortgage Mess

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Thu, 8 May 2008 12:09:00 GMT