Report: Death toll in China quake exceeds 12,000 (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 12:28:10 GMTAP - The toll of the dead and missing soared as rescue workers dug through flattened schools and homes on Tuesday in a desperate attempt to find survivors of China's worst earthquake in three decades.
Clinton poised for W.Va. win; Obama looks ahead (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 13:25:55 GMTAP - Hillary Rodham Clinton had every reason to expect a big victory Tuesday in the West Virginia Democratic primary as her campaign tried to use the contest to raise doubts about front-runner Barack Obama's electability in the fall.
Retail sales dip for second time in 2 months (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 13:09:29 GMTAP - Consumers, battling soaring gasoline prices and a slumping economy, cut back further on their spending in April.
Lawmakers want to end oil shipments to US reserve (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 10:38:54 GMTAP - Amid daily bipartisan sniping over high gas prices, Democrats and Republicans appear to agree on at least one thing: With oil over $120 a barrel, President Bush ought to stop buying crude for the government emergency reserve.
Dozens of homes lost as Florida battles wildfires (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 09:36:11 GMTAP - Relentless wildfires burned into the early morning Tuesday across Florida's Atlantic coast, taxing firefighters and overwhelming residents trying to save their homes with garden hoses.
Microsoft's WorldWide Telescope blasts off (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 11:41:18 GMTAP - Microsoft Corp. launched its WorldWide Telescope late Monday, bringing the free Web-based program for zooming around the universe to a broad audience.
ABC-TV will have only 2 new fall shows (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:45 GMTAP - ABC will introduce only two new series in the fall, one of them scripted, in a schedule the network admits was severely affected by the 100-day TV writers strike.
`In the Heights' heads list of 2008 Tony nominees (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 13:58:19 GMTAP - "In the Heights," a lively snapshot of Latino life in Upper Manhattan, received 13 Tony Award nominations Tuesday, more than any other show.
Man says JetBlue made him sit on toilet (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 12:24:27 GMTAP - A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways Corp. for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.
Matt Walsh to meet with Goodell, Specter (AP) Tue, 13 May 2008 13:06:01 GMTAP - Former Patriots video assistant Matt Walsh arrived at the NFL offices Tuesday morning to meet with commissioner Roger Goodell to discuss New England's videotaping of opposing coaches' playcalling signals in violation of league rules.
