Heavy rains head toward cyclone-devastated Myanmar (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:34:39 GMT
AP - Heavy rains and another potentially powerful storm headed toward Myanmar's cyclone-devastated delta on Wednesday. The U.N. warned that inadequate relief efforts could lead to a second wave of deaths among the estimated 2 million survivors. The International Red Cross said in a new estimate that the death toll already may be between 68,833 and 127,990.

AP Television News video shows quake's 1st moments (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:50:16 GMT
AP - The moment that a devastating earthquake struck central China, the hills surrounding the city of Chengdu shook, people ran outside in confused panic, and a thick, white cloud of dust enveloped a mountain reserve.

Bush links optimism for Mideast reform to democratic Israel (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:28:22 GMT
AP - President Bush said Wednesday that 60 years of Israel's existence is cause for optimism for democratic change throughout the Middle East. "What happened here is possible everywhere," Bush said, opening a trip divided between ceremonial duties and a new push for Israeli-Palestinian peace.

US probing Iraqi companies for insurance fraud (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:27:50 GMT
AP - Companies working on Iraq reconstruction have been accused of padding their profits through an insurance scam, leading to a criminal probe and hurried changes in the way many contracts are handled by the U.S. Army, according to internal military documents obtained by The Associated Press.

Obama woos working-class voters in Michigan (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:46:44 GMT
AP - Democrat Barack Obama, campaigning in a state that poses several challenges for him in the fall, appealed to working-class voters Wednesday with a pledge to pump billions of dollars into efforts to revitalize the nation's manufacturing sector.

Scientists are building database of bite marks (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:15:38 GMT
AP - It has sent innocent men to death row, given defense attorneys fits and splintered the scientific community. For a decade now, attorneys and even some forensic experts have ridiculed the use of bite marks to identify criminals as sham science and glorified guesswork.

US lists polar bear as threatened species (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 20:06:13 GMT
AP - The Interior Department declared the polar bear a threatened species Wednesday, saying it must be protected because of the decline in Arctic sea ice from global warming.

Jack Black breaks the news: Jolie expecting twins (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:18:28 GMT
AP - Angelina Jolie is indeed expecting twins, and it was Jack Black who let the news slip with a "Brady Bunch" crack. Long rumored to have two children by Brad Pitt on the way, Jolie confirmed the news during a side-by-side "Today" show interview with Black, her "Kung Fu Panda" co-star. The two are in Cannes, France, promoting the animated film.

Teen sells 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:39:39 GMT
AP - A Girl Scout has financed her trip to Europe with Thin Mints, Samoas and Do-Si-Dos, possibly breaking a national record in the process. Jennifer Sharpe, a 15-year-old from Dearborn, sold 17,328 boxes of Girl Scout cookies this year, which shatters her troop's old record and is believed to be a national record, though Girl Scouts of the USA doesn't track individual sales.

Hank Steinbrenner: Yankees must play smarter (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 19:54:40 GMT
AP - Hank Steinbrenner expects his struggling New York Yankees to focus and turn around their season. "They've got to play smarter and harder," he said Wednesday.