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Ind. teller says gunman prevented co-workers from helping 3 May 08, 23:49 ET AP - A pregnant bank teller who lost the twins she was carrying after being shot during a holdup choked back tears Saturday as she recalled lying on the bank's floor, bleeding and pleading for help, as the gunman demanded money from her co-workers. more Microsoft withdraws proposal to acquire Yahoo 3 May 08, 20:57 ET AFP - Microsoft withdrew its proposal to acquire Yahoo, Microsoft CEO Stephen Ballmer said in a letter to Yahoo made public Saturday. more Miss. mill explosion kills 2, leaves nearly a dozen missing 3 May 08, 19:06 ET AP - A county sheriff says an explosion at a paper mill has killed two people and left nearly a dozen missing. more Sharpton announces 'pray-in' to protest NYPD killing 3 May 08, 18:59 ET AP - Demonstrators plan to pray on their knees and be arrested for civil disobedience to protest the acquittals of three police officers in the death of an unarmed man shot on his wedding day, the Rev. Al Sharpton said Saturday. more Officials say New Mexico wildfire has burned nearly 60 homes 3 May 08, 16:41 ET AP - Firefighters worked in cooler, calmer weather Saturday to clear lines around a blaze that has burned nearly 60 homes and more than 20 square miles in the mountains of central New Mexico. more Film details Hispanic Marine's acts in WWII 3 May 08, 15:12 ET AP - Armed but alone, Marine Pfc. Guy Gabaldon roamed Saipan's caves and pillboxes, persuading enemy soldiers and civilians to surrender during the hellish World War II battle on the island. more Buffett embraces Erica Kane, mocks mortgage mess 3 May 08, 14:27 ET Reuters - It's part of Warren Buffett's job not just to answer questions from many of the 31,000 people at the annual meeting of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. He also has to entertain. more Fugitive financier Robert Vesco reported dead in Cuba 3 May 08, 14:20 ET AFP - Robert Vesco, the fugitive financier who left a trail of alleged bribery, embezzlement and drug trafficking that reached to the White House, died in Cuba late last year, The New York Times reported Saturday. more NY lawsuit seeks damages for use of Rockwell illustration 3 May 08, 14:04 ET AP - The owner of Norman Rockwell's "Bottom of the 6th" - showing three umpires looking skyward as first raindrops fall - is steaming over the use of the classic illustration in the television series "The Bronx is Burning." more Bills seek punishment for use, display of fake weapons 3 May 08, 14:01 ET AP - Concerns that realistic-looking toy weapons are confusing police and threatening safety have led 15 states to try going beyond gun control and cracking down on fake firearms. more Woman from Mali who underwent circumcision fights for asylum 3 May 08, 13:43 ET AP - Alima Traore doesn't remember when part of her genitals was removed as a young child in her native Mali. But even at 29, she still lives with the consequences. more So long, SUV: high fuel prices fuel shift in US car sales 3 May 08, 12:38 ET AFP - Automotive trends traditionally don't change nearly as fast as fashions in clothing or music. more U.S. company recalls about 286,000 pounds of meat 3 May 08, 12:19 ET Reuters - A New York company is voluntarily recalling about 286,000 pounds (129,700 kg) of fresh and frozen meat and poultry products that may be contaminated with bacteria, U.S. agriculture officials said on Saturday. more Alaska governor balances newborn's needs, official duties 3 May 08, 12:15 ET AP - The results of Gov. Sarah Palin's prenatal testing were in, but the doctor's tone was ominous: "You need to come to the office so we can talk about it." more 18 inmates die in Honduran prison fight 3 May 08, 12:05 ET AP - A Honduran police official says at least 18 inmates have died in a prison fight. more Bush says rebate checks will boost ailing economy 3 May 08, 11:15 ET Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush sought to assure Americans on Saturday that federal checks en route to them as part of a stimulus plan will help spur the ailing economy and pay for soaring gas and food prices. more Democratic fight heads to Pacific with Guam count 3 May 08, 11:13 ET Reuters - Counting in Guam's Democratic primary stretched into Sunday after residents of the tiny U.S. territory turned out in record numbers to choose between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. more Judge: Corps of Engineers can be sued over Katrina flooding 3 May 08, 07:27 ET AP - The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a "hurricane highway," a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina's storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled Friday. more Calif. man accused of investment scam targeting Christians 3 May 08, 06:07 ET AP - Federal authorities arrested a man accused of running an investment scheme that netted more than $25 million by targeting Christian investors nationwide. more Malaysia delays public projects to use money for food 3 May 08, 05:59 ET AP - The Malaysian government will delay nonessential public projects and use the money instead to build up food stockpiles amid a global food crisis, the prime minister said Saturday. more WVU braces for vote on president amid degree scandal 3 May 08, 04:48 ET AP - Faculty and students are choosing sides and bracing for a battle as West Virginia University educators move closer to a no-confidence vote on President Mike Garrison, whose administration has been tarnished by a master's degree scandal involving the governor's daughter. more Suits question how Kan. prosecutor handled abortion records 3 May 08, 04:32 ET AP - An investigator said he kept edited records from abortion clinics in a Rubbermaid container in his dining room for several weeks. Others, according to testimony, stored them briefly in cars and homes and copied them at a downtown Kinko's. more Former follower: Sect leader wanted to sleep with teenagers 3 May 08, 04:07 ET AP - For 16 years, he followed a man who calls himself Michael, finally settling along with other families on a former ranch in a remote corner of New Mexico. more Twisters tear up parts of 4 states; 8 killed in Arkansas 3 May 08, 03:22 ET AP - Violent storms unleashed tornadoes, high winds and hail in four central states and killed eight people in Arkansas, including a teenager who died when a tree fell into her bedroom as she slept. more Tiny Guam choses between Clinton and Obama 3 May 08, 03:14 ET AFP - The White House battle Saturday took a brief pan-Pacific diversion to tiny Guam, where island Democrats seized a chance to weigh in on the epic tussle between Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. more Evangelicals say faith is now too political 3 May 08, 02:34 ET AP - Conservative Christian leaders who believe the word "evangelical" has lost its religious meaning plan to release a starkly self-critical document saying the movement has become too political and has diminished the Gospel through its approach to the culture wars. more How Much Did Rumsfeld Know? 3 May 08, 01:50 ET Time.com - Exclusive excerpt: Ricardo Sanchez, former U.S. commander in Iraq, writes in his new book that Rumsfeld claimed ignorance on plans for postwar Iraq - and a few other things more Tiny Guam has its say on US presidential outcome 3 May 08, 01:09 ET AFP - On the distant Pacific island of Guam, nearly a day's plane ride from Washington, a few thousand voters seized centre stage Saturday in the race for the US Democratic presidential nomination. more

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