2007-05-01: PHOENIX (Reuters) - Pro-immigration activists geared up for marches in several U.S. cities on Tuesday to demand rights for illegal immigrants, though numbers are likely to be down from the mass rallies of a year ago, organizers said.

2007-05-01: AP - Los Angeles can continue being the butt of smog jokes now that it has once again topped the American Lung Association's bad air list of most polluted cities in America.

2007-05-01: AP - For the first time in history, a woman has the visibility, the reputation and the cash to make a serious run at the presidency.

2007-05-01: TechWeb - Animal rights groups chide the European event held for one of Sony's most popular video games for the PlayStation 2.

2007-05-01: The move would end a ban on drilling in environmentally sensitive areas along the coasts of Alaska and Virginia.

2007-05-01: FT.com - London equities were sharply lower on Tuesday morning, tracking a weak close on Wall Street overnight, while miners made early losses.

2007-05-01: Reuters - Manufacturing last month expanded at its fastest pace in almost a year, while pending home sales in March fell to their lowest in four years, according to reports on Tuesday that gave mixed signals on the economy.

2007-05-01: AFP - Most major European markets were shut for a public holiday on Tuesday with the exception of London, where the FTSE 100 index of leading shares drifted lower in initial deals.

2007-05-01: FT.com - Punch Taverns, the UK's largest pub landlord, on Tuesday damped early hopes that it might convert to a real estate investment trust.

2007-05-02: New products that cater to increasingly busy homeowners can make second-home swimming pool care a cinch.

2007-05-01: Digital Tipping Point: Gerry Singleton, OpenOffice.org documentation lead 02 This is one of many short video segments which will be added to the Digital Tipping Point archive. via Internet Archive