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  1. A section of highway lies burned and crumbled in Emeryville, Calif., after a tanker carrying gasoline exploded on Sunday, April 29, 2007. In the resulting blaze, a section of freeway that funnels traffic onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. The truck's driver walked away from the scene and called a taxi, which took him to a nearby hospital with second-degree burns. (AP Photo/The Oakland Tribune, Noah Berger)

    Fire from crash collapses Calif. freeway AP - Sun Apr 29, 7:15 PM ET Sent 1,428 timesOAKLAND, Calif. - A stretch of highway near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed Sunday after a gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames, leaving one of the nation’s busiest spans in a state of near paralysis. Officials said traffic could be disrupted for months.

  2. Realty for sale signs hang in front of homes on Cumberland Hill Drive in Henderson, Nev. outside Las Vegas, on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

    Flippers flop as housing market cools AP - Sun Apr 29, 5:32 PM ET Sent 577 timesLAS VEGAS - In the rampant real estate speculation of the Las Vegas valley three years ago, people lined up outside Pulte Homes sales offices overnight as if they were waiting for the release of the latest video game console or hot new movie.

  3. Migraines linked with brain damage Reuters - Sun Apr 29, 1:27 PM ET Sent 503 timesWASHINGTON (Reuters) - People with migraines also may be suffering from some brain damage as brain cells swell and become starved of oxygen — a finding that may help explain why migraine sufferers have a higher risk of stroke, researchers reported on Sunday.

  4. Minorities fare worse in traffic stops AP - Sun Apr 29, 5:33 PM ET Sent 368 timesWASHINGTON - Black, Hispanic and white drivers are equally likely to be pulled over by police, but blacks and Hispanics are much more likely to be searched and arrested, a federal study found.

  5. City employees inspect a collapsed highway in Oakland, California, April 29, 2007. A stretch of vital highway for San Francisco Bay Area commuters collapsed on Sunday after a fuel truck crashed and ignited flames more than 200 feet (60 metres) high, the California Highway Patrol said. (Kimberly White/Reuters)

    Fiery crash melts vital San Francisco highway Reuters - Sun Apr 29, 5:07 PM ET Sent 342 timesEMERYVILLE, California (Reuters) - A stretch of vital highway for San Francisco Bay area commuters collapsed on Sunday after a gas tanker truck crashed and ignited flames that shot more than 200 feet high, officials said.

  6. Camels are displayed during the Mazayen al-Ibl competition, a parade of the 'most beautiful camels', in the desert region of Guwei'iyya, 120 km (75 miles) west of Riyadh April 25, 2007. While tremendous oil wealth has brought rapid modernisation to the desert state of Saudi Arabia, the camel remains celebrated as a symbol of the traditional nomadic lifestyle of Bedouin Arabs. (Andrew Hammond/Reuters)

    Saudi tribe holds camel beauty pageant Reuters - Fri Apr 27, 9:23 AM ET Sent 232 timesGUWEI’IYYA, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - The legs are long, the eyes are big, the bodies curvaceous.

  7. Kansas City police stand at the entrance of a store in the Ward Parkway shopping center in Kansas City, Mo., Sunday, April 29, 2007. The center was the scene of a shooting that killed three including the shooter. (AP Photo/Orlin Wagner)

    4 dead in Kansas City violence AP - 27 minutes ago Sent 230 timesKANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man driving a dead woman’s car shot a police officer, then opened fire in a parking lot and a mall Sunday, authorities said. By the end of the day, four people, including the gunman, were dead.

  8. Whole Foods promotes local buying AP - Sun Apr 29, 12:43 PM ET Sent 178 timesLAKEWOOD, Colo. - The 113-year-old Morning Fresh Dairy Farm didn’t even use barcodes on its bottles when a Whole Foods Market in Fort Collins, Colo. asked about offering the dairy’s all-natural milk.

  9. American Idol contestant Jessica Sierra of Tampa, Fla., entertains the crowd prior to the start of the Coca-Cola 600 race at the Lowe's Motor Speedway in Concord, NC., in a Sunday, May 29, 2005 photo. Former 'American Idol' finalist Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday on felony battery charges for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a heavy glass at a cafe, police said. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton, file)

    Ex-’Idol’ finalist charged with battery AP - Sun Apr 29, 6:42 PM ET Sent 165 timesTAMPA, Fla. - Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday on felony battery charges for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a heavy glass at a cafe, police said.

  10. Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, center, sits with, from left to right, Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega, Cuba's Vice President Carlos Lage, Bolivia's President Evo Morales and Haiti's President Rene Preval during the inauguration of the ALBA Summit in Barquisimeto, Venezuela, Saturday, April 28, 2007. Venezuela is hosting the fifth summit of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, or ALBA, a trade and cooperation group which aims to provide an alternative to U.S.-backed free trade efforts in Latin America. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)

    Chavez and Big Oil gear up for struggle AP - Sun Apr 29, 7:21 PM ET Sent 112 timesCARACAS, Venezuela - Forcing Big Oil to give up control of Venezuela’s most promising oil fields this week will be relatively easy for President Hugo Chavez, but he will face a more delicate challenge in getting the world’s top oil companies to stay and keep investing.

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  1. A section of highway lies crumbled in Emeryville, Calif., after a tanker carrying gasoline exploded on Sunday, April 29, 2007. In the resulting blaze, a section of freeway that funnels traffic onto the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge collapsed. The truck's driver walked away from the scene and called a taxi, which took him to a nearby hospital with second-degree burns. (AP Photo/The Oakland Tribune, Noah Berger)

    Fiery crash collapses Bay Area freeway AP - 8 minutes ago OAKLAND, Calif. - A gasoline tanker crashed and burst into flames near the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on Sunday, creating such intense heat that a stretch of highway melted and collapsed. Officials predicted a traffic nightmare for Bay Area commuters for weeks or months to come.

  2. 4 dead in Kansas City violence AP - 27 minutes ago KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A man driving a dead woman’s car shot a police officer, then opened fire in a parking lot and a mall Sunday, authorities said. By the end of the day, four people, including the gunman, were dead.

  3. St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Braden Looper gets a hug from Chicago Cubs manager Lou Piniella after he spoke to the media about the death of Cardinals pitcher Josh Hancock Sunday, April 29, 2007 in St. Louis. Hancock was killed early Sunday morning in an auto accident on interstate 64 in St. Louis.(AP Photo/Tom Gannam)

    Tragedy strikes Cardinals again AP - 51 minutes ago ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals are mourning a teammate for the second time in five years, and it isn’t any easier this time. Josh Hancock, a relief pitcher who helped the team win the World Series last season, died early Sunday when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a tow truck, bringing back painful memories of Darryl Kile’s death in June 2002.

  4. Ex-’Idol’ finalist charged with battery AP - Sun Apr 29, 6:42 PM ET TAMPA, Fla. - Former “American Idol” finalist Jessica Sierra was arrested early Sunday on felony battery charges for allegedly hitting a man on the head with a heavy glass at a cafe, police said.

  5. A City of London police officer stands outside the Old Bailey, the central criminal court in London, in a Friday April 20, 2007 photo. Scotland Yard has recruited fashion students to help it redesign the iconic bobby's uniform for the 21st century, police said Sunday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

    Scotland Yard calls fashion police AP - Sun Apr 29, 4:30 PM ET LONDON - Scotland Yard has called the fashion police.

  6. Four dead, several wounded in Kansas City shootings Reuters - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Three people were shot dead including the assailant and at least two were wounded on Sunday in a shooting spree at a Kansas City shopping mall, police said.

  7. Virginia Tech student Alison Smith places items for the memorial to one of the shooting victims on a table under a tent on the Drillfield on the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, Va., Saturday, April 28, 2007. Many of the items placed to remember those killed were removed due to weather and then placed under a tent Saturday. Seung-Hui Cho killed 32 people and then himself on April 16. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

    Prospective Hokies weigh enrollment AP - Sun Apr 29, 2:17 PM ET RICHMOND, Va. - Tommy Esson and his father had already visited Virginia Tech last summer, and on a return visit he was looking forward to showing his mom around the university where he planned to spend the next four years.

  8. Fiery crash melts vital San Francisco highway Reuters - Sun Apr 29, 5:07 PM ET EMERYVILLE, California (Reuters) - A stretch of vital highway for San Francisco Bay area commuters collapsed on Sunday after a gas tanker truck crashed and ignited flames that shot more than 200 feet high, officials said.

  9. The monitor above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 13,000, Wednesday, April 25, 2007 in New York. The Dow Jones industrial average shot past 13,000 for the first time, powered by better-than-expected corporate earnings that boosted investors' confidence in the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Henny Ray Abrams)

    Investors await spending, jobs data AP - Sun Apr 29, 3:03 PM ET NEW YORK - Corporate America’s strong profits helped drive the Dow Jones industrials past 13,000 for the first time last week, but investors will want to see if U.S. consumers also have financial muscle before pushing stocks much higher.

  10. When Auntie Has a Boy Toy Dear Margo - Thu Apr 26, 2:00 AM ET 04/26/2007 - DEAR MARGO: My aunt “Sharon” is 40 years old and dating a guy who is 24.

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  1. House flippers flop as market cools AP - 2 hours, 37 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8LAS VEGAS - In the rampant real estate speculation of the Las Vegas valley three years ago, people lined up outside Pulte Homes sales offices overnight as if they were waiting for the release of the latest video game console or hot new movie.

  2. Scant offered intl. aid helped Katrina victims-WPost Reuters - Sat Apr 28, 10:40 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Just $40 million of $854 million offered to the United States to help the Gulf Coast recover from Hurricane Katrina has been used so far, and most of the offered aid was never collected, the Washington Post reported in Sunday’s editions.

  3. Then CIA Director George Tenet testifies about the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States in this March 24, 2004 file photo. A senior White House counselor on Friday April 27, 2007 dismissed former CIA Director's George Tenet portrait of a Bush administration that rushed to war in Iraq without serious debate. 'The president did wrestle with those very serious questions,' Dan Bartlett said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

    Tenet memoir draws heat from key players AP - 38 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.7NEW YORK - The backlash has built up even before the official release of former CIA Director George Tenet’s memoir, with criticism about his version of the run-up to the Iraq war, interrogation techniques and other events.

  4. A shop keeper points to a bag of shark fins in Hong Kong, 17 August 2006. When Colombian naval officials seized two tonnes of shark fins in a boat off the Pacific coast last week, they threw a spotlight on a huge black market serving hungry Asian markets which is blamed for pushing some species toward extinction.(AFP/File/Laurent Fievet)

    Asian demand for shark fins threatens Colombian species AFP - Sun Apr 29, 1:10 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6BOGOTA (AFP) - When Colombian naval officials seized two tonnes of shark fins in a boat off the Pacific coast last week, they threw a spotlight on a huge black market serving hungry Asian markets which is blamed for pushing some species toward extinction.

  5. Members of the 'militia' guard the streets in Rio de Janeiro, Jan. 5, 2007. Militia, new, illegal security forces are mushrooming across Rio and are made up of active and former police, private security guards and off-duty firefighters and prison guards. (AP Photo/Wilton Junior-AGENCIA ESTADO)

    Vigilantes impose peace in Rio slums AP - Sun Apr 29, 1:30 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - For as long as anyone can remember, the cracked asphalt soccer field in the Roquete Pinto slum was off-limits to children — “reserved” by gangs selling marijuana and cocaine. Then, a few months ago, a mysterious squad of beefy men with submachine guns started patrolling on foot, and the drug dealers disappeared.

  6. Tragedy strikes Cardinals again AP - 51 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6ST. LOUIS - The St. Louis Cardinals are mourning a teammate for the second time in five years, and it isn’t any easier this time. Josh Hancock, a relief pitcher who helped the team win the World Series last season, died early Sunday when his sport utility vehicle slammed into the back of a tow truck, bringing back painful memories of Darryl Kile’s death in June 2002.

  7. Afghan school girls perform during a ceremony, marking the Education Day in Kabul, Afghanistan on Sunday, April 29, 2007. Militant attacks on Afghan schools last year killed 85 students and teachers and destroyed 187 schools, the education minister said Sunday. More than half of Afghan children do not have facilities to study, while 60 percent of those enrolled 'study under tents, in the shade of walls and trees or in some cases, under the hot sun,' Education Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar said in a speech marking Education Day. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)

    85 killed in 2006 Afghan school attacks AP - Sun Apr 29, 12:22 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6KABUL, Afghanistan - At least 85 students and teachers were killed last year in attacks blamed on insurgents who oppose education for girls and teaching boys anything other than religion, Afghanistan’s education minister said Sunday.

  8. Iran's top national security official Ali Larijani listens to a journalist question during a press conference that followed his meeting with Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki in Baghdad. Iran announced on Sunday that it will attend a key conference on Iraq's security in Egypt alongside arch-enemy the United States this week, ending weeks of uncertainty over its involvement.(AFP/Pool/Sabah Arar)

    Iran FM to attend Iraq security conference AFP - Sun Apr 29, 8:08 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6TEHRAN (AFP) - Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki will attend an international conference in Egypt on Iraq’s security, an official from President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s office confirmed on Sunday.

  9. Chicago Bulls' Andres Nocioni, left, of Argentina, and Ben Wallace force Miami Heat's Dwyane wade (3) to pass during the second half of the Sunday, April 29, 2007 playoff basketball game in Miami. The Bulls won 92-79.(AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

    Repeat? Heat swept out of playoffs AP - 50 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6MIAMI - Michael Jordan’s old Chicago jersey hangs over the Miami Heat’s home floor, a tribute to the six-time NBA champion. Now, a new bunch of Bulls want a title of their own after ending the Heat’s reign atop the league with a four-game sweep.

  10. Della Aragon stands in front of one of numerous anti-meth posters inside the Arapahoe School Culture Building as she listens to community leaders speak at a meeting of Partners Against Meth on April 4, 2007 at the Wind River Indian Reservation, Wyo. (AP Photo/Wayne Nichols)

    How meth took hold on Indian reservation AP - Sun Apr 29, 5:37 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5WIND RIVER INDIAN RESERVATION, Wyo. - Just off the deserted highways, the silver pickup truck eases down quiet streets, its driver offering a numbing tour of a remote reservation framed by the beauty of snowcapped mountains.

 

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