Clinton wins large but symbolic victory in W.Va. (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:32:11 GMT
AP - Hillary Rodham Clinton coasted to a large but largely symbolic victory in working-class West Virginia on Tuesday, handing Barack Obama one of his worst defeats of the campaign yet scarcely slowing his march toward the Democratic presidential nomination. Clinton was gaining 58 percent of the vote in the early returns, with Obama drawing 33 percent.

Soldiers hike to quake-buried Chinese villages (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:08:01 GMT
AP - Soldiers hiking over landslide-blocked roads reached the epicenter of China's devastating earthquake Tuesday, pulling bodies and a few survivors from collapsed buildings. The death toll of more than 12,000 was certain to rise as the buried were found.

Prosecutors file new indictment vs. Barry Bonds (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:26:24 GMT
AP - Federal prosecutors have filed a new indictment against Barry Bonds, charging the home run king with 14 counts of lying to a grand jury and one count of obstruction when he denied knowingly using performance-enhancing drugs.

Bush disappointed with intel before Iraq war (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:08:03 GMT
AP - President Bush said Tuesday he was disappointed in "flawed intelligence" before the Iraq war and was concerned that if a Democrat wins the presidency in November and withdrew troops prematurely it could "eventually lead to another attack on the United States."

Televangelist John Hagee apologizes to Catholics (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:09:50 GMT
AP - John Hagee, an influential Texas televangelist who endorsed John McCain, apologized to Catholics Tuesday for his stinging criticism of the Roman Catholic Church and for having "emphasized the darkest chapters in the history of Catholic and Protestant relations with the Jews."

Anonymous rape tests are going nationwide (AP)
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:09:29 GMT
AP - Starting next year across the country, rape victims too afraid or too ashamed to go to police can undergo an emergency-room forensic rape exam, and the evidence gathered will be kept on file in a sealed envelope in case they decide to press charges.

Exercise may protect girls from future breast cancer (AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 22:51:36 GMT
AP - Get your daughters off the couch: New research shows exercise during the teen years — starting as young as age 12 — can help protect girls from breast cancer when they're grown. Middle-aged women have long been advised to get active to lower their risk of breast cancer after menopause.

Israel Museum puts Dead Sea scroll on rare display (AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:57:37 GMT
AP - One of the most important Dead Sea scrolls is going on display in Jerusalem this week — more than four decades after it was last seen by the public. The 24-foot scroll with the text of the Bible's Book of Isaiah had been in a dark, temperature-controlled room at the Israel Museum since 1967. It went on display two years earlier, but curators replaced it with a facsimile after noticing new cracks in the calfskin parchment.

James Garner hospitalized after stroke (AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:56 GMT
AP - James Garner's publicist says the veteran TV and film star has been hospitalized in Los Angeles after suffering a minor stroke at his home last week.

'Darth Vader' spared jail in Jedi church attacks (AP)
Tue, 13 May 2008 23:49:40 GMT
AP - A man who dressed up as Darth Vader, wearing a garbage bag for a cape, and assaulted the founders of a group calling itself the Jedi church was given a suspended sentence Tuesday.