Spokeswoman: Sen. Kennedy conscious after seizure (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 21:16:26 GMT
AP - A spokeswoman for Sen. Edward Kennedy says he is conscious and talking to family after he suffered a seizure in his Cape Cod home and was flown to a Boston hospital.

Thousands flee China quake area over flood fears (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 21:14:15 GMT
AP - Two rivers blocked by landslides threatened to flood towns shattered by China's massive earthquake, sending thousands of survivors fleeing Saturday in a region still staggering from the country's worst disaster in 30 years.

Bush says Saudi oil boost doesn't solve US problem (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:00:21 GMT
AP - President Bush said Saudi Arabia's small increase in oil production will not solve soaring U.S. fuel prices, but he defended the wealthy kingdom Saturday against American lawmakers "screaming the loudest" for Riyadh to open its spigots.

Iraq detains 1,000 in anti-al-Qaida crackdown (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 19:58:12 GMT
AP - Nearly 1,000 people have been detained in a sweep to break al-Qaida in Iraq's sway in Iraq's third largest city, Mosul, but many of the fighters have fled to nearby areas, where troops are hunting for them, Iraqi officials said Saturday.

Police: Gunman wounds 3 outside SoCal church (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:44:44 GMT
AP - A man with a semiautomatic rifle opened fire at a church festival Saturday, wounding his ex-wife and two bystanders before festival-goers grabbed him and held him for police, authorities and a church official said.

Train derailment, acid leak forces La. evacuation (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 19:35:27 GMT
AP - Six cars of a freight train derailed early Saturday, including one that began leaking hydrochloric acid, causing thousands of people to evacuate homes, businesses and two nursing homes within one mile of the wreck.

Clinton presses on with campaign despite long odds (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 21:42:12 GMT
AP - The day of campaigning had barely begun and Hillary Rodham Clinton was already eyeing the whiskey.

UAW, American Axle reach deal that could end strike (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:56:26 GMT
AP - American Axle and Manufacturing Holdings Inc. boosted its wage offer and increased the payments it will give workers to take a wage cut as part of a tentative agreement that could settle an 11-week strike by the United Auto Workers union, a person briefed on the deal said Saturday.

Allen talks of Spain and threesomes at Cannes (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 15:40:55 GMT
AP - Woody Allen's latest film touches on that classic male fantasy, a romantic threesome with two women. Has Allen ever entertained the notion himself?

Santana pitches Mets to 7-4 victory over Yankees (AP)
Sat, 17 May 2008 20:33:34 GMT
AP - Johan Santana gave the New York Yankees a firsthand look at the legitimate ace they turned down last winter.