Taser chairman defends stun gun's safety in Canada 24 min.

The 7.8 magnitude quake hit Sichuan Province. It reportedly killed more than 7,600 people, including at least 5,000 people in a single county. Aside from those killed, 900 children were trapped under a high school. - 3 hrs. (china)

Dalai Lama looking forward to talks with China, with 7 hrs.
CHRONOLOGY-Major earthquakes in China 7 hrs.
US examining satellite images of China quake area 7 hrs.
Dalai Lama Expects Talks With China to Resume 8 hrs.
CHINA SAYS 7,OO0 KILLED IN QUAKE IN SICHUAN PROVINCE 8 hrs.
MAP: China earthquake estimated population exposed t 8 hrs.
China quake topples chemical plants, buries hundreds 9 hrs.
MAP: China earthquake location (Eastern Sichuan) 9 hrs.
CHINA'S XINHUA SAYS "SEVERAL THOUSAND&q 9 hrs.
CHINA'S XINHUA SAYS HUNDREDS BURIED AS SCHOOLS, FACT 9 hrs.
China quake topples hospital -Xinhua 9 hrs.
Report: 39 dead from China child virus 9 hrs.
PHOTOS: China earthquake 9 hrs.
CHINA XINHUA SAYS QUAKE TOPPLES 80 PERCENT OF BUILDI 9 hrs.
Nearly 900 Students Buried After Giant 7.8 Quake Str 10 hrs.
China says up to 5,000 killed in quake in one county 10 hrs.
Buildings at five schools collapse in China quake -T 10 hrs.
State media: 900 students buried by 7.8-magnitude 10 hrs.
Media: China quake buries 900, kills 107 10 hrs.
State media: 900 students buried by China quake 10 hrs.
Powerful earthquake hits western China 11 hrs.
Death toll from China quake rises to 107 -Xinhua 11 hrs.
Quake kills 10, injures 14 in China's Gansu province 11 hrs.
CHINA QUAKE BURIES NEARLY 900 STUDENTS IN SICHUAN-XI 12 hrs.
Powerful Earthquake Hits Western China 12 hrs.
Powerful Earthquake Hits Southwestern China 12 hrs.
Major earthquake in China kills students 13 hrs.
Magnitude 7.8 Quake Strikes Western China 13 hrs.
China's Lost Children 13 hrs.
CHINA SAYS MORE FEARED "INJURED OR DEAD& 13 hrs.
Performances in China 14 hrs.
China quake kills four schoolchildren 14 hrs.
CHRONOLOGY-Major earthquakes in China 15 hrs.
China yuan slips offshore, shares fall after quake 15 hrs.
China, Asia refineries appear undamaged by quake 15 hrs.
Earthquake hits western China 15 hrs.
Massive Quake Rocks China 15 hrs.
China yuan slips in offshore forwards after quake 15 hrs.
China's Three Gorges Dam not damaged by quake -witne 15 hrs.
China's tallest bldg evacuated after earthquake 15 hrs.
China Lanzhou refinery undamaged by quake in Sichuan 15 hrs.
Strong china quake felt as far as Thailand 15 hrs.
Major earthquake shakes central China 15 hrs.
Strong earthquake hits southwest China 15 hrs.
Magnitude 7.8 quake hits Sichuan, China-USGS 16 hrs.
Strong Earthquake Hits South China 16 hrs.
Strong earthquake hits southwest China 16 hrs.
China punishes 6 for protest against chemical plant 19 hrs.

 

The warning came as authorities raised the death toll to nearly 32,000 and admitted an American aircraft with the first delivery of large-scale aid. - 3 hrs. (myanmar)

Weakening aid dollar squeezes Myanmar relief funds 4 hrs.
UN frustration grows at Myanmar aid problems 6 hrs.
US Treasury eases limits on remittances to Myanmar 6 hrs.
UN frustration at Myanmar aid problems grows 6 hrs.
Tsunami-style aid effort awaits Myanmar green light 7 hrs.
U.S. plans 2 more aid flights for Myanmar 8 hrs.
US sends in first aid, awaits green light on bigge 8 hrs.
U.S. plans 2 more aid flights for Myanmar 8 hrs.
Impromptu charities aid Myanmar cyclone survivors 9 hrs.
Myanmar allows U.S. aid to arrive 9 hrs.
Myanmar: Affected Townships in Ayeyarwady & Yang 10 hrs.
MAP: Cyclone Nargis Floods Burma (Myanmar) (satellit 10 hrs.
First U.S. Aid Flight Lands in Myanmar 10 hrs.
In Myanmar, food aid only at the junta's behest 10 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar: Affected Area - East (as of 10 May 200 12 hrs.
First U.S. Aid Flight Arrives in Myanmar 12 hrs.
Anger mounts in Bangkok at Myanmar aid visa delays 12 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar: Affected Area - West (as of 10 May 200 12 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar: Affected Area (as of 9 May 2008) 12 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar: Situation Map (as of 7 May) 12 hrs.
WFP says food aid to Myanmar delta 20 pct of needs 12 hrs.
PHOTOS: Myanmar cyclone nine days on 12 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar: Tropical Cyclone Nargis (as of 11 May 13 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent from 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 14 hrs.
EU sets urgent meeting on Myanmar for Tuesday 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 14 hrs.
MAP: Myanmar - Cyclone "Nargis" - Flood Extent May 8 15 hrs.
EU sets urgent meeting on Myanmar for Tuesday 15 hrs.
First U.S. Relief Flight Heads For Myanmar 16 hrs.
Myanmar's port reopens for foreign aid - Thailand 16 hrs.
U.S. aid flight en route to Myanmar 16 hrs.
U.S. sends its first relief airlift to Myanmar 16 hrs.
Anger mounts in Bangkok at Myanmar aid visa delays 17 hrs.
US Launches Relief Airlift to Myanmar After Cyclone 17 hrs.
U.S. military aid plane leaves for cyclone-hit Myanm 17 hrs.
Singapore may host ASEAN meeting on Myanmar aid - re 22 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters May 12 (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier on patrol in northwestern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said. Two other U.S. soldiers died in the last few days in Iraq in separate ... - 8 hrs. (iraq)

FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 12 8 hrs.
Iran involved in Sadr City truce, says Iraqi MP 8 hrs.
Iraqi Lawmakers, Sadrists Sign Cease-Fire 9 hrs.
Iraq leaders, Sadrists sign 4-day cease-fire 9 hrs.
Iraqi lawmakers, Sadrists sign four-day cease-fire 9 hrs.
Iraqi lawmakers and Sadrists sign four-day cease-fir 9 hrs.
Iran involved in Sadr City truce, says Iraqi MP 10 hrs.
IRAQ: Local aid groups support UNHCR appeal for more 10 hrs.
Truce with militias in Iraq breaks down 14 hrs.
Turk planes hit PKK targets in N.Iraq-Iraq official 14 hrs.
Iraq 'led Blair to reveal baby loss' 14 hrs.
Turk planes hit PKK targets in N.Iraq-Iraq official 14 hrs.
Drive in Basra by Iraqi Army Makes Gains 20 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters By Opheera McDoom KHARTOUM, May 12 (Reuters) - A rebel attack on Khartoum could improve prospects for peace in Darfur and for democracy in Sudan, Islamist opposition leader Hassan al-Turabi said on ... - 4 hrs. (sudan)

Chad shuts border after Sudan cuts diplomatic ties 5 hrs.
Chad shuts border after Sudan cut diplomatic ties 5 hrs.
Sudan releases opposition Islamist Turabi 6 hrs.
ANALYSIS-Sudan at turning point after rebel attack 6 hrs.
Sudan reimposes curfew in Omdurman to catch rebels 11 hrs.
FACTBOX-Who is Sudanese Islamist Hassan al-Turabi? 12 hrs.
SUDAN: People with HIV demand safe drinking water 12 hrs.
CHRONOLOGY-Tensions between Sudan and Chad 13 hrs.
Sudan arrests opposition leader after rebel raid 18 hrs.
Sudan Severs Ties With Chad, Blaming It for Attack 18 hrs.
Sudan arrests opposition leader after rebel attack 19 hrs.
Sudan arrests opposition leader Turabi -- aides 19 hrs.

 

A pro-Western coalition said it won the election, but nationalist rival parties vowed to team up to block it from governing, and to form a government themselves. - 3 hrs. (serbia)

Serbian vote result sets up a showdown 4 hrs.
Serbian pro-Western party declares victory 14 hrs.
Serbia in coalition scramble after ambivalent vote 16 hrs.
SERBIA 18 hrs.
Tilt to West is seen in elections in Serbia 20 hrs.
Tilt to West Is Seen in Elections in Serbia 20 hrs.
Serbia's pro-West president declares win 22 hrs.
FACTBOX-Scenarios for Serbia after ambivalent vote 23 hrs.
Serbia in coalition scramble after ambivalent vote 23 hrs.
Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in e 24 hrs.

 

Senator Barack Obama acknowledged that Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton would probably win Tuesday’s Democratic primary in West Virginia. - 51 min. (clinton)

Obama projects victory but Clinton may be poised to 3 hrs.
Clinton clings to White House hopes in West Virginia 4 hrs.
Dems to Clinton: Don't Hurt Us 8 hrs.
Clinton camp argues popular vote 8 hrs.
Clinton Team Acknowledges $20M Debt 9 hrs.
As rivals rest on mother's day, Clinton pushes on 13 hrs.
Clinton Spends Mother's Day Campaigning in W.Va. 18 hrs.
Clinton Team Acknowledges $20 Million Debt 18 hrs.
Clinton Promises Moms She Won't Quit 22 hrs.

 

Authorities raided municipal offices in Jerusalem on Monday as part of a fraud investigation involving Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, police said. - 4 hrs. (israel)

Israeli police seize documents in Olmert probe 5 hrs.
Rocket kills Israeli woman near Gaza border 6 hrs.
Militant rocket kills Israeli woman near Gaza border 7 hrs.
Israel regrets Gaza teacher's death, blames Hamas 11 hrs.
Egypt optimistic about Israel-Hamas truce 13 hrs.
Valley lauds Israel's birth, its growing busine 14 hrs.
Egypt optimistic about Israel-Hamas truce 14 hrs.
Israel resumes fuel supplies to Gaza power plant 14 hrs.
Israelis don't believe scandal-hit Olmert - poll 15 hrs.

 

Reaching out to both independents and green-minded social conservatives, the Republican presidential candidate said Monday that global warming was undeniable and that the United States must take steps to bring it under control while adhering to free-market principles. - 4 hrs. (mccain)

McCain: Free Market Can Fix Warming 6 hrs.
McCain appeals to independents 6 hrs.
McCain Hopes To Attract Young Voters 6 hrs.
McCain's Balancing Act On The Environment 9 hrs.
John Vinocur: McCain allies tout blue-collar strateg 11 hrs.
McCain pledges to combat climate change 12 hrs.
McCain's track record on environment is erratic 14 hrs.
Environmental Stances Are Balancing Act For McCain 18 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters UNITED NATIONS, May 12 (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon strongly condemned on Monday those behind an upsurge of violence in Lebanon and called on all parties to resume talks to find a ... - 5 hrs. (lebanon)

LEBANON PARLIAMENT SPEAKER POSTPONES PRESIDENTIAL EL 5 hrs.
LEBANON: Aid agencies hampered by threat of further 6 hrs.
LEBANON: Political, sectarian crisis entrenched - an 8 hrs.
Thirty six killed in Lebanon mountain battle-sources 12 hrs.
THIRTY SIX PEOPLE KILLED IN LEBANON MOUNTAIN BATTLE 13 hrs.
Violence in Lebanon spreads to mountains 14 hrs.
Death toll rises as Lebanon simmers 23 hrs.
Hizbullah seizes key Lebanon areas 23 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters By Tom Doggett WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - Senate Democratic leaders on Monday urged President George W. Bush to use his upcoming trip to the Middle East to convince Saudi Arabia to pump more oil ... - 100 min. (bush)

McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change 3 hrs.
Bush finds Israel's Olmert to be an "honest 4 hrs.
Bush finds Israel's Olmert to be an "honest 5 hrs.
Polygamist writes Bush about 'terrorist acts' 6 hrs.
Bush Hits New Low as 'Wrong Track' Rises 6 hrs.
Bush reflects on daughter's wedding 9 hrs.
Bushes share joy, tidbits of wedding 14 hrs.
ANALYSIS-Saudi smile likely for Bush on oil plea, no 17 hrs.

 

Addressing criticism he expects this fall, Barack Obama emphasized his patriotism and support for a strong and humane military, while Hillary Clinton implored West Virginians to sustain her hopes of somehow denying him the Democratic nomination. - 107 min. (obama)

Obama looks ahead to Michigan, Florida 3 hrs.
The Caucus: Obama’s Travel Plans 7 hrs.
Obama Mulls Over McCain Debate Proposal 20 hrs.
The pundit analyzing Obama? Some TV upstart named Ro 20 hrs.
The Pundit Analyzing Obama? Some TV Upstart Named Ro 20 hrs.
Obama sets sights on McCain debates 23 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters May 12 (Reuters) - Khalil Ibrahim, whose Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) attacked Khartoum at the weekend said on Monday he would launch more attacks on Sudan's capital until the government fell ... - 11 hrs. (rebel)

Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 11 hrs.
Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 13 hrs.
Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 14 hrs.
Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 15 hrs.
Darfur rebel leader vows more attacks on Khartoum 17 hrs.
Darfur rebel leader says to attack Khartoum again 17 hrs.

 

CHESTER, Calif. - A Northern California mother is dealing with a double tragedy after her daughter was killed during a weekend prom date and her son was severely injured in a car crash. - 89 min. (killed)

At least 12 killed as ferry capsizes off Haiti 6 hrs.
Dozens more are killed in fighting around Beirut 12 hrs.
More Than 20 Killed as Storms Race Across U.S. 18 hrs.
More than 20 are killed in storms in U.S. 20 hrs.
More Than 20 Are Killed in Storms 20 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON, May 12 (Reuters) - The United States pressed Zimbabwe on Monday to allow in large numbers of Western election monitors for a free and fair presidential runoff and said ... - 37 min. (zimbabwe)

Hackers shut down Zimbabwe state newspaper website 5 hrs.
Zimbabwe rejects Western poll observers 6 hrs.
Zimbabwe rejects Western election observers 14 hrs.
Tsvangirai to return to Zimbabwe for runoff 23 hrs.

 

The Energy Information Administration reports prices are up 11 cents to $3.72. - 97 min. (prices)

Rice prices rising despite record world crop 8 hrs.
Stamp prices increase today 11 hrs.
Gas prices hit 5th straight record 12 hrs.
British Gas to hike prices again 15 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters BEIRUT, May 12 (Reuters) - Lebanon's army said on Monday it would use force if necessary to impose law and order in the country from Tuesday. "Army units will halt violations... in accordance ... - 4 hrs. (lebanese)

Fears of civil war loom large over Lebanese city 6 hrs.
Lebanese troops fail to stop violence 10 hrs.
Lebanese Groups Clash In Villages Near Capital 18 hrs.
Lebanese violence spreads to mountains outside capit 23 hrs.

 

Actor Dennis Farina was arrested at LAX after handgun was found in his luggage. - 8 hrs. (arrested)

Actor arrested for allegedly bringing gun to LAX 10 hrs.
Actor Farina Arrested at Airport With Gun in Luggage 21 hrs.
Actor Farina arrested after gun found in luggage at 23 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters May 12 (Reuters) - A coalition of pro-Western parties won first place in Serbia's general election on Sunday, slightly ahead of the nationalist Radical Party. Both now seek partners that will give ... - 13 hrs. (ties)

Serbia parties seek to block pro-EU government 13 hrs.
INSTANT VIEW-Serb parties seek coalition after ambiv 22 hrs.
Pro-EU Serbian parties claim poll win 23 hrs.

 

- 6 hrs. (storm)

Crews Search for Storm Survivors 6 hrs.
Mom huddling over child among storm victims 10 hrs.
22 Dead in Mo., Okla., Ga. After More Storms 18 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters MADRID, May 12 (Reuters) - Two small bombs targeting a regional train network under construction in Spain's troubled Basque Country exploded on Monday, an attack claimed by regional separatist ... - 28 min. (rebels)

Georgia rebels say shot 2 more Georgian spy drones 9 hrs.
Georgia rebels say shot another Georgian spy drone 11 hrs.
Yemen court sentences four Shi'ite rebels to death 13 hrs.

 

The move, in response to an impasse over Supreme Court judges, was a sign of the fragility of the new government. - 4 hrs. (pakistan)

Ministers quit Pakistan cabinet 5 hrs.
Sharif's party pulls out of Pakistan government 9 hrs.
Sharif's party withdraws from Pakistan cabinet 9 hrs.

 

Congress' energy policy is out of gas and not likely to go far. - 10 hrs. (rice)

Congress Gridlocked on Gas Price Policy 13 hrs.
U.S. farmers benefit from price of rice and high d 14 hrs.
The Price Of Bananas 23 hrs.

 

Cablevision Systems Corp. is buying the Long Island-based newspaper Newsday from Tribune Co. in a deal valued at $650 million, the companies announced Monday. Cablevision beat out media mogul Rupert Murdoch, CEO of News Corp., who withdrew his own $580... - 9 hrs. (newsday)

Cablevision, Not Murdoch, Buying Newsday 9 hrs.
Cablevision Strikes Deal for Newsday 10 hrs.
Cablevision Buys Newsday From Tribune 10 hrs.

 

It started as a weekend response to a shooting in central San Jose. It ended with a massive drug bust resulting in the seizure of $1 million in pot plants, according to San Jose police. - 5 hrs. (million)

DealBook: Facebook Said to Raise $100 Million 9 hrs.
Cablevision Buys Newsday For $650 Million 10 hrs.
Cablevision buys Newsday from Tribune for $650 10 hrs.

 

Source: Reuters BEIJING, May 12 (Reuters) - A strain of hand, foot and mouth disease has killed five more children in China, bringing the death toll in recent weeks to 39, state media said on Monday. But the ... - 10 hrs. (children)

Sendler, saviour of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies 11 hrs.
Sendler, saviour of Warsaw Ghetto children, dies 11 hrs.

 

Hiring managers don't want to hear a lot of things during an interview -- confessions of a violent past, a cell phone ring, a toilet flush. Yet job seekers have committed these interview gaffes and worse, according to CareerBuilder.com's annual survey of the worst interview mistakes. - 9 hrs. (takes)

New Search Engine Takes on Google 10 hrs.
HSBC takes $3.2bn sub-prime hit 13 hrs.

 

Jeff Raikes, who ran a Microsoft division dedicated to business products, will replace Patty Stonesifer, another former Microsoft executive. - 3 hrs. (found)

Missing mentally disabled man found in San Francis 4 hrs.
Bodies of two babies found in box 12 hrs.

 

Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austrian soccer stadium. - 11 hrs. (hundreds)

Brush fires force hundreds to flee Fla. homes 11 hrs.
Hundreds strip for naked photo shoot in Austria 23 hrs.

 

Crews and search dogs hunted Sunday for survivors or bodies in wrecked houses and piles of debris after a series of storms. - 17 hrs. (dies)

Motorcyclist dies in crash near Carquinez Bridge 20 hrs.
Alameda man dies in crash at Altamont Motor Sports 23 hrs.

 

"I've been watching you,'' veteran cop told his rape victims, prosecutors say. - 11 hrs. (police)

Police in Gun Searches Face Disbelief in Court 18 hrs.
Police release name of teen charged in fatal assau 23 hrs.

 

U.S. government has no idea how badly nation's thousands of levees need repair. - 10 hrs. (state)

Florida wildfires close interstate 14 hrs.
State Programs Add Safety Net for the Poorest 21 hrs.

 

SAN FRANCISCO - Apple Inc. says its online stores in the U.S. and U.K. are sold out of the iPhone, a sign supplies are being winnowed ahead of the launch of the device's next generation that will feature faster Internet surfing speeds. - 3 hrs. (apple)

Apple says iPhone online stores sold out 4 hrs.
New Blackberry Bold doubles screen resolution to c 8 hrs.

 

Two families claim thimerosal-containing vaccines led to autism in their boys. - 7 hrs. (families)

Families go to court to try to link vaccines to au 14 hrs.
Families will make case for vaccine link to autism 22 hrs.

 

Children's secretary accuses leader of 10p tax rebels of trying to bring down Gordon Brown - 7 hrs. (hits)

Spielberg's Blockbuster Game Hits the Market 8 hrs.
EARTHQUAKE MAGNITUDE 7.8 HITS EASTERN SICHUAN PROVIN 16 hrs.

 

In an annual rite of spring, nearly half a million Santa Clara County homeowners are receiving their annual property assessment notices, telling them what the county assessor thinks their homes are worth. - 3 hrs. (santa)

UC Santa Cruz to monitor mountain lions 4 hrs.
Boyfriend sought in fatal stabbing of Santa Rosa wom 15 hrs.

 

Web site helps you set up a phone call for getaways from meetings and bad dates. - 6 hrs. (helps)

Daughter, 6, helps father survive 14 hrs.
More state funding helps fuel preschool growth 21 hrs.

 

Read full story for latest details. - 7 hrs. (blackberry)

Get your BlackBerry out of our bed! 9 hrs.
New Blackberry Doubles Screen Resolution 9 hrs.

 

Relief trickles in after cyclone but Britain and aid agencies say junta has shown callous neglect - 14 hrs. (burma)

U.S. launches first airlift relief in Burma 16 hrs.
Burma Faces 'Public Health Catastrophe,' Charity Sa 18 hrs.

 

Survivors began cleaning up from a deadly blast of storms and tornados that killed 22 people in three central U.S. states over the weekend. Officials said this year is the country's deadliest for tornado-related deaths in a decade. - 3 hrs. (toll)

Quake toll in Sichuan rises to 8,533-Xinhua 7 hrs.
Feds in the dark about taking GG Bridge tolls 15 hrs.

 

A mentally disabled San Bruno man who disappeared during a group home's trip to San Francisco last week has been found at St. Francis Hospital, where he is in the critical care unit with uncontrolled seizures, his family said today. Bobby Joe Lamascus, 50,... - 4 hrs. (turns)

Custodian Returns Bag With $108,000 8 hrs.
Hoggard returns to England fold 23 hrs.

 

A senior Shiite lawmaker says a Sadr City cease-fire has been signed in an effort to stop fighting. - 11 hrs. (sadr)

Delicate Deal Helps Decrease Violence in Baghdad's 18 hrs.
U.S. official: Too early to expect Sadr City truce 24 hrs.

 

Why it might be dangerous to drive into the desert with a group of Saudi men. - 35 min. (lede)

The Lede: New Way Into Prison, and Old Way Out 105 min.
The Lede: Text Messaging vs. Space Transmissions 6 hrs.