The top U.S. envoy at the North Korean nuclear talks urged delegates Wednesday to start hashing out details of a disarmament deal, warning that the latest round of negotiations could end with no real progress. more
New Defense Secretary Robert Gates, in an unannounced trip to the battlefront, discussed a possible infusion of more U.S. troops into Iraq with American commanders on Wednesday but said no decisions have been made. more
Lawmakers have drawn up a resolution naming Jesus Christ as the honorary king of Poland, but have failed to win support from the country's powerful Roman Catholic church. more
A German astronaut was greeted aboard the space shuttle Discovery as the crew was awakened Wednesday morning with the upbeat soft rock tune of "Say You'll Be Mine" by Christopher Cross. more
John Mack's record for the biggest bonus on Wall Street didn't last even a week. It was smashed by the $53.4 million that Goldman Sachs gave its chief executive, Lloyd Blankfein. more
The New York Stock Exchange said its shareholders approved its planned $14.3 billion acquisition of the Paris-based Euronext NV on Wednesday in a deal that would create the first trans-Atlantic securities market and set the stage for further expansion. more
Inflation is likely to increase next year in the 12 countries that use the euro, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Wednesday, a signal that more rate hikes by the bank could be coming. more
Express package delivery company FedEx Corp. on Wednesday said its fiscal second-quarter profit rose 9 percent on strong results from its ground delivery business. more
A religious group plans to set up a DVD player and TV set at a downtown holiday bazaar to show a movie trailer depicting the birth of Jesus after the city dropped an objection to the display. more
A judge awarded a 40 percent share in the copyright of "A Whiter Shade of Pale," one of the most famous pop songs of all time, to a former organist for Procol Harum. more
The FBI has released its final surveillance documents on John Lennon to a university historian who has waged a 25-year legal battle to obtain the secret files. more
Donald Trump made "you're fired!" a TV catchphrase, and he was prepared to deliver it when he walked into a meeting with embattled Miss USA Tara Conner. more
Hilary Duff and her boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, have dropped a request for a temporary restraining order against a celebrity photographer. more
People with wheat allergies who have stayed away from beer now have a new option. Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc. on Wednesday introduced Redbridge, which the company called the first nationally available sorghum beer. Starting Wednesday, Redbridge is available in restaurants and stores carrying organic products. more
The government has canceled an $877 million contract for a new anthrax vaccine, after the struggling manufacturer missed a key deadline to begin human tests of the shots. more
Hospital executives said they were confident that a bacterial outbreak suspected of causing the deaths of two premature babies was contained, and the facility reopened its neonatal intensive care unit two weeks after it stopped accepting new patients. more
Researchers are cautiously optimistic about receiving millions of dollars in government grants to test vaccines for valley fever, a sometimes fatal disease that affects tens of thousands of people in the Southwest each year. more
Robots might one day be smart enough to demand emancipation from their human owners, raising the prospects they'll have to be treated as citizens, according to a speculative paper released by the British government. more
The incoming chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is questioning whether the Federal Communications Commission has the legal authority to issue rules that would make it easier for competitors to enter the cable television business. more
EBay Inc. announced Wednesday it is turning over control of its Chinese auction Web site to a Beijing-based partner in a new joint venture, marking a strategic shift as the U.S. company tries to penetrate China's market. more
A former executive at online auctioneer eBay Inc. has come out of a short-lived retirement to take a job leading Silicon Valley startup LiveOps, which contracts with companies to handle customer service and sales calls. more
Already facing a legal challenge for alleged copyright infringement, Google Inc.'s crusade to build a digital library has triggered a philosophical debate with an alternative project promising better online access to the world's books, art and historical documents. more
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