18 May 2007: Morning
By The Morning News
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Senate passes major immigration reform that could offer millions of illegal immigrants legal status, Bush applauds.
House members, however, doubt the bill's survival through the summer, citing potential privacy issues, economic strain.
[He] "couldn't run a two-car funeral." Wolfowitz resigns from the World Bank.
Wolf Bank fashion: Employees wore ribbons in shared ire toward their boss; remembering Wolfowitz's socks.
Israel is only too happy to grant U.S.-trained Fatah troops passage into Gaza.
Gun nuts in Virginia hold a "Bloomberg Gun Giveaway"; parents of Va. Tech victims protest.
Disappearance of two Mexican TV reporters, now missing for a week, may be linked to drug cartels' media terrorization.
Op: Mexico's drug problem is our drug problem, and we have to be serious about giving aid.
Taste panels tell us how much sweeter Splenda is than sugar. (It's 600 times sweeter.)
Scientists recommend capture, breeding of remaining spotted owls.
Photos from the life of Silent Spring author Rachel Carson, on the 100th anniversary of her birth.
Op: U.S. feminism does nothing to help the global suffering of women.
At Cannes, the much-anticipated Joy Division movie premieres to wide acclaim.
Are you going out of your way to annoy the right? An interview with Michael Moore on his movie about the healthcare system, Sicko.
Per person, Americans spend more on healthcare than anyone else, yet their life expectancy ranks 45th in the world.
Video: Fun, danger with ladder racing.