Bird Flu Kills 2 More in a Possible Case of Human Infection

Bird Flu Kills 2 More in a Possible Case of Human Infection
New York Times - 1 hour agoBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. MEDAN, Indonesia, May 26 (AP) Preliminary tests have identified two new fatal human cases of avian influenza in Indonesia, officials said Friday. A four-hour television series and ...

PM and Bush admit to 'mistakes' over Iraq
Scotsman - 5 hours agoGEORGE Bush and Tony Blair both admitted to making mistakes over the handling of the Iraq war yesterday, but stood by the central decision to invade the country. At a White House press conference after talks ...

'X-Men: The Last Stand': Mutant Strain, By Kurt Loder
MTV.com - 14 hours agoFanfolk who've been grousing about the last-minute recruitment of "Rush Hour" director Brett Ratner to replace the departed Bryan Singer at the helm of this "final" X-Men movie needn't have fretted quite so much. Ratner hasn't taken the franchise. ...

Nowitzki Leads Mavericks Past Suns in Game 2
NBA.com - 1 hour agoDALLAS, May 26 (Ticker) -- This time, Dirk Nowitzki turned good buddy Steve Nash into a spectator. Nowitzki scored 12 of his 30 points in the final 10 minutes as the Mavericks rallied for a 105-98 victory ...

Jersey lawmaker's call closes Capitol
Newark Star Ledger - 51 minutes agoWASHINGTON -- South Jersey Rep. James Saxton heard a noise that "sounded exactly like gunfire" in a Capitol Hill parking garage yesterday and instructed his staff to call police. That prompted Capitol Police ...

Royals shock Yanks on road, end 13-game skid
MSNBC - 30 minutes agoAngel Berroa hit a three-run home run in the eighth inning to help the Royals beat the Yankees 7-6 on Friday. NEW YORK - Angel Berroa hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer in the eighth inning, Andrew Sisco escaped ...

Shareholders have final say
International Herald Tribune - 7 hours agoArcelor shareholders will decide the company's future, between tendering their shares to Mittal Steel's 25.8 billion bid or approving an asset swap deal with Russian steel company Severstal. Most of Arcelor's ...

Appeal paths tough for Lay, Skilling
MarketWatch - 1 hour agoSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- When Jeffrey Skilling emerged from Houston's federal courthouse Thursday under the cloud of a fresh fraud and conspiracy conviction, the former Enron chief executive shrugged and said: "That's the way the system works.". ...

US FDA approves Merck vaccine to prevent shingles
Reuters - 11 hours agoBy Toni Clarke and Susan Heavey. BOSTON/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - US health officials on Friday approved the first vaccine to prevent shingles, a painful disease characterized by a blistering rash that affects nearly 1 million, mostly older adults every year. ...

Inside Out: The Abramoff Investigation and Speaker Hastert
ABC News - 6 hours agoMay 26, 2006 Wednesday's World News Tonight and ABCNews.com led with an exclusive story reporting on the federal investigation into the activities of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff expanding to include US House or Representatives Speaker ...