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SCARBOROUGH COUNTRY, May 18th[snip]JOE SCARBOROUGH:  Michael Moore is the toast of the town at the Cannes Film Festival this week.  According to the BBC, Moore‘s anti-war flick may be the odds-on favorite to win the top prize, the first time for a so-called documentary since 1956.  It seems the French have fallen in love with Michael Moore.  But how will American audiences react to this controversial film?  With me now is John Rhys-Davies.  He‘s, of course, an actor from the blockbuster trilogy “The Lord of the Rings.”  We also have Dana Kennedy.  She‘s MSNBC entertainment editor.  And back with me...

Ax Mishap Costs Jaguars Their Punter By EDDIE PELLS, AP Sports Writer JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chris Hanson swung and missed. No, not at a ball he was trying to kick, but at the wood he was trying to chop. The Jaguars punter needed surgery to close up a gash on his right, non-kicking, leg Thursday after he miscalibrated while using an ax to hack at the massive tree stump that coach Jack Del Rio placed in the locker room a few weeks ago. Del Rio used the stump as a symbol for the mantra he has adopted for the Jaguars...

<p>As California legislators fight over raising taxes or slashing programs, here's one thing they're not proposing to do: Cut their own pay.</p> <p>Thousands of state workers face the prospect of salary concessions or layoffs, but not lawmakers, who are paid from a legislative budget that could actually rise next year.</p>

Man Accused of Ax Killing Estranged Wife SOUTHFIELD, Mich. Dec. 31 — A man killed his estranged wife with an ax as she slept, their 2-year-old son beside her, police said. Christopher Howard, 36, was charged with murder Tuesday and jailed without bail in the slaying of Marie M. Irons, who was found in her bed Sunday, her head nearly severed. Neither the boy, nor Irons' 13-year-old son from a previous marriage, was hurt. Irons, 41, had taken out a protection order against her husband about a week earlier, complaining that he had threatened her and the children and that...

<p>When Gov. Gray Davis proposed midyear budget cuts last week, few programs were spared.</p> <p>Adult Medi-Cal recipients would have to do without dental care. Disabled people were asked to forgo a cost-of-living increase in monthly grants. People who recently escaped welfare would lose their guarantee of subsidized child care. Scores of road projects could be delayed.</p>