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U.S. urged to consider effect of ethanol on the poor 7 May 08, 23:05 ET Reuters - The United States should consider spiraling food prices that hurt the world's poor when it sets policies that are funneling much of its corn crop into biofuel production, the World Bank said on Wednesday. more Woman extradited to Michigan after 32 years as fugitive 7 May 08, 22:54 ET AP - A woman arrested in San Diego 32 years after escaping a Detroit prison is on her way back to Michigan to serve out her sentence on drug charges. more Giant sinkhole swallows oil equipment in southeastern Texas 7 May 08, 22:40 ET AP - A large sinkhole swallowed up oil field equipment and some vehicles Wednesday in southeastern Texas and continued to grow. There were no reports of injuries or home damage. more Philly officers taken off street after videotaped beating 7 May 08, 22:35 ET AP - A police sergeant and five officers were pulled from street duty Wednesday as city officials investigated television footage showing a group of officers kicking and punching three shooting suspects during a traffic stop. more Clinton refuses to bow out of White House race 7 May 08, 22:11 ET AFP - Democrat Hillary Clinton Wednesday vowed she would not quit the party's bitter White House race, but faced mounting pressure to step aside in favor of a resurgent Barack Obama. more System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes 7 May 08, 21:15 ET AP - A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle - now. In the foggy gray of Cape Cod Bay, the reason for the abrupt stop soon becomes apparent: The research vessel is surrounded by rare North Atlantic right whales, their glossy black heads bobbing just above the surface as they feed on plankton slicks. more WiMAX promises to transform wireless Internet world 7 May 08, 20:32 ET AFP - As US technology giants including Google place a multi-billion dollar bet on WiMAX, backers of the wireless data-streaming format say it will radically change mobile Internet use. more Rapper DMX arrested for racing car on Ariz highway 7 May 08, 20:29 ET Reuters - Rapper-turned-actor DMX was arrested at his Arizona home after being caught on camera racing down a Phoenix-area freeway at upwards of 114 miles per hour (183 kph) in January, Arizona state police said on Wednesday. more La. frat suspended after pledges allegedly burned in hazing 7 May 08, 19:47 ET AP - Ten Tulane University students faced felony battery charges Wednesday and their fraternity was suspended after accusations that the group burned pledges with hot water and pepper spray during a "hell night" initiation. more Cuba scorns anti-Castro exile honored in Miami 7 May 08, 19:36 ET Reuters - Days after he was feted in Miami as a freedom fighter for his anti-Castro activities, Cuban exile Luis Posada Carriles was scorned on Wednesday in Havana as a "terrorist" given haven by the Bush administration. more Burma Military Refusing US Aid 7 May 08, 19:05 ET Time.com - The top U.S. diplomat in the Asian nation said its military junta was "paranoid" about accepting American help more Army OKs $248M in barracks repairs, but housing still aging 7 May 08, 18:38 ET AP - Spc. Loren Dauterman, who trained at Fort McCoy in Wisconsin last month with the National Guard, found something good to say about the falling-apart floors and ceilings in her quarters. more Patients prefer polite physicians, says U.S. report 7 May 08, 18:27 ET Reuters - Doctors should try a new type of prescription -- being a little more polite -- if they want to connect with their patients, a U.S. psychiatrist suggested on Wednesday. more Florida Democrats expect deal on WHouse vote 7 May 08, 18:12 ET AFP - Democratic party leaders in Florida said Wednesday they expect to resolve soon a dispute over the state's vote in the nominating contest between White House hopefuls Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. more Sharpton arrested as hundreds protest NYC police shooting 7 May 08, 18:01 ET AP - The Rev. Al Sharpton was arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge on Wednesday as he and hundreds of demonstrators blocked traffic to protest the acquittal of three detectives in the 50-bullet shooting of an unarmed black man on his wedding day. more New Orleans mayor pushing residents to leave FEMA trailers 7 May 08, 18:00 ET AP - Lingering fears about formaldehyde fumes inside federally issued trailers and the impending hurricane season have Mayor Ray Nagin pushing to empty thousands of the structures, intended as temporary housing after Katrina. more ABC News to launch on-campus bureaus 7 May 08, 17:57 ET Reuters - ABC News, looking to bolster its connection with younger viewers, plans to open bureaus this autumn on the campuses of five universities across the United States, the network said on Wednesday. more Bailiffs kill man who fired shots inside Florida courthouse 7 May 08, 17:40 ET AP - Bailiffs shot and killed a man who opened fire in the lobby of a downtown courthouse Wednesday afternoon, sheriff's officials said. more Humane Society says video shows abused livestock 7 May 08, 17:36 ET Reuters - The Humane Society of the United States on Wednesday released new video taken at animal auctions in four states that showed sick and injured cows lying on the ground, and called on the U.S. government to prevent further cases of animal abuse at similar facilities. more Burmese Americans try to help, but have few options 7 May 08, 17:35 ET AP - In the days since Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, Eh Taw Dwe has heard only snippets about the villages he left behind when he fled the country. more 8 officers who died of post-9/11 illness on NYPD memorial 7 May 08, 16:40 ET AP - More than two years after he took his last breath, a detective who developed lung disease after toiling in the World Trade Center's ruins has been added to the New York Police Department's wall of heroes. more Idaho student says teacher tossed his Mexican flag in trash 7 May 08, 16:24 ET AP - A high school student says he may file a lawsuit against a physical education teacher who took a Mexican flag he had brought for Cinco de Mayo and put it in the garbage. more Pop diva Mariah Carey confirms marriage 7 May 08, 15:58 ET AFP - Pop diva Mariah Carey has broken her silence over her sudden marriage to Nick Cannon, confirming she tied the knot with the rapper-actor last week, People magazine reported Wednesday. more Beyond the family ranch, Texas town makes Bush wedding plans 7 May 08, 15:58 ET AP - So you didn't get your invitation to Jenna Bush's wedding this weekend? No worries. more "CSI" star charged with drug possession 7 May 08, 15:48 ET Reuters - Actor Gary Dourdan, best known as a forensics investigator on the hit TV show "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation," was charged on Wednesday with possession of heroin, cocaine and ecstasy. more Exam indicates sea lions weren't shot to death in Oregon 7 May 08, 14:59 ET AP - Federal fisheries officials now say the six sea lions found dead in traps on the Columbia River apparently were not shot to death. more McCain to make religious freedom a key foreign policy issue 7 May 08, 14:25 ET AFP - Presumptive Republican Party presidential nominee John McCain vowed in a speech on Wednesday to make freedom of religion a key foreign policy issue if he is elected to the White House in November. more Body of missing Montana woman found in Yellowstone River 7 May 08, 14:23 ET AP - The body of a mother of four who vanished last month was found in the Yellowstone River, weeks after her ex-husband was accused of violating an order of protection she had obtained a decade ago. more Mich. high court says gay partners can't get health benefits 7 May 08, 13:35 ET AP - Local governments and state universities in Michigan can't offer health insurance to the partners of gay workers, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday. more Group's lawsuit challenges NYPD's stop-and-frisk policy 7 May 08, 13:15 ET AP - A civil liberties group filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging the NYPD's practice of stopping hundreds of thousands of people each year for questioning, saying it is racially biased. more Bush signs student loan market stabilization plan 7 May 08, 12:36 ET Reuters - President George W. Bush signed into law on Wednesday a program to stabilize the $85-billion student loan industry, addressing lenders' warnings of a possible loan shortage in coming months. more New York Times plans small number of layoffs: memo 7 May 08, 12:21 ET Reuters - The New York Times Co plans to lay off a small number of newsroom employees at its flagship newspaper, according to an internal memo sent to staff on Wednesday, after it did not get enough response to a buyout package that aimed to trim 100 positions. more 15 Philly officers being taken off street after videotaped beating 7 May 08, 12:05 ET AP - (Stations: Please substitute the following for V4872, slugged Videotaped Police Beating, which moved at 10:27 a.m. Eastern time. The new version CORRECTS that some of the officers are still being identified and have not been taken off the street, per new information from mayor's spokesman that contradicts his previous information.) more Sam's Club giving away memberships-with a purchase 7 May 08, 11:45 ET Reuters - For a limited time this month, Wal-Mart Stores Inc's Sam's Club division is giving a free annual membership to customers who purchase one of a dozen select items in its warehouse clubs. more Colombia extradites first paramilitary boss to U.S. 7 May 08, 10:56 ET Reuters - Colombia extradited Carlos "Macaco" Jimenez to the United States on Wednesday, the first time the government has sent a former right-wing paramilitary boss to face U.S. justice for drug trafficking. more System uses sound to find whales, avoid ship strikes 7 May 08, 07:50 ET AP - A spotter bangs three times on the boat's cabin roof, signaling the captain to cut the throttle - now. more In food price crunch, more Americans seek help 7 May 08, 07:26 ET Reuters - Carolyn Stanley, a single mother with five children, receives $327 in food stamps each month to feed her family. With prices for staples like bread and cheese going ever higher, each month is harder than the last. more Exemption to 40-year-old billboard ban in Vt. worries some 7 May 08, 07:06 ET AP - For 40 years, it's been the guardian of the state's pastoral landscapes, keeping interstates and back roads clear of outdoor advertising. Vermont's billboard ban has always been a sacred cow, and a distinction few other states hold. But an exemption to it - approved by lawmakers and awaiting Gov. Jim Douglas' signature - has some worrying that roadside signs could return. more 75 students arrested in San Diego State University drug bust 7 May 08, 04:07 ET AP - Dozens of San Diego State University students were arrested and six fraternities were suspended after a sweeping drug investigation found that some fraternity members openly dealt drugs and one even sent a mass text message advertising cocaine, authorities said Tuesday. more Worst of financial crisis is past: Paulson 7 May 08, 03:21 ET AFP - The credit crisis that has scorched international financial markets is on the wane but more shocks are ahead, US Secretary Treasury Henry Paulson told the Wall Street Journal in an interview published on Wednesday. more Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpot 7 May 08, 01:26 ET AP - Paul and Sue Rosenau say they already have everything they need, so their lives won't change that much after winning a $180.1 million Powerball jackpot. more Kansas high court limits grand jury's power in abortion case 7 May 08, 00:19 ET AP - The state's highest court Tuesday allowed a grand jury to keep investigating one of the few U.S. doctors who performs late-term abortions but limited its power to subpoena his patients' records. more

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