Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

WASHINGTON - Propelled through the House by antibusiness sentiment in tough economic times, legislation putting new reins on the credit card industry now goes to the Senate, where the bill's prospects appear promising.

LOS ANGELES - Larry Manchester discovered the body on Feb. 18, 1976. The woman, a 67-year-old retired school administrator, was dead inside her red-and-black '65 Chevy Chevelle, two blocks from her west Los Angeles apartment.

AMSTERDAM - The man who drove his car into a crowd of parade spectators and killed five in an attempted attack on the Dutch royal family died early Friday of his injuries, prosecutors said.

NEW YORK - The Iranian drama "About Elly" and documentary "Racing Dreams" won top honors at the Tribeca Film Festival. Awards for the eighth annual festival, co-founded by Robert De Niro, were announced Thursday.

CHICAGO - Derrick Rose scored 28 points and blocked Rajon Rondo's potential game-winner, John Salmons scored 35, and the Chicago Bulls beat the defending NBA champion Boston Celtics 128-127 in triple overtime Thursday night to even the first-round series.

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico started a five-day shutdown of most offices and businesses on Friday to try to halt the spread of a deadly flu strain, and officials said they were encouraged by signs the number of new cases was dropping.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Supreme Court Justice David Souter plans to retire, giving President Barack Obama his first chance to make an appointment to the nation's highest court, a government official said.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC filed for bankruptcy on Thursday and announced an industry-changing deal with Fiat, after being pummeled by sliding auto sales and unable to reach agreement on restructuring its debt.

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish riot police fired water cannon and tear gas in clashes with May Day demonstrators in Istanbul on Friday.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutchman who tried to attack Queen Beatrix and her family by driving his car at their bus during a parade on Thursday died of his injuries overnight, the public prosecutor said.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government staffer who visited Mexico City with President Barack Obama this month came down with flu-like symptoms that spread to family members, who have since recovered, the White House said Thursday.

BUNER VALLEY, Pakistan (Reuters) - Taliban militants kidnapped 10 Pakistani paramilitaries in an attack on their headquarters on Friday as Islamic militants fought back against an army offensive in the troubled northwest.

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Thursday derided U.S. steps toward improving relations with the communist island, saying the United States wants Cuba to act like a slave willing to "accept again the whip and the yoke."

MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico was approved for three billion dollars in international loans to fight the swine flu crisis, as the country began a five-day shutdown on Friday to try to halt the spread of the virus.

BERLIN (AFP) - German and Turkish police clashed with demonstrators on Friday as huge crowds angered by the worst global recession in decades took to the streets worldwide for traditional labour day rallies.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - The car driver who had sought to ram the Dutch royal family but killed five onlookers died from his injuries on Friday, the prosecution service said.

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistani troops killed up to 60 militants as a punishing ground and air offensive against Taliban fighters in the country's northwest ran into fierce resistance on Friday, the military said.

MOSCOW (AFP) - Russia took formal control of the borders of Georgia's separatist zones and slammed NATO exercises due in the country, as a spy row created new frictions between Moscow and the alliance.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Chrysler filed for bankruptcy, idling most of its plants, but President Barack Obama assured that a quick restructuring in partnership with Italy's Fiat would give the US carmaker "a new lease on life."

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's unemployment rate jumped to 4.8 percent in March, the highest level in more than four years, as companies shed jobs to ride out the worst recession in decades, official data showed.