Chrysler exec: failure could spark depression (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:01:58 GMT
AP - A top Chrysler executive warned Wednesday that a carmaker collapse could send the economy spiraling into a depression, while the United Auto Workers agreed to new concessions for their companies.

Obama: Financial bailout must help homeowners, too (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:05:03 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama signaled a clear desire Wednesday to use a significant portion of $700 billion in financial bailout funds to stanch foreclosures by helping struggling homeowners with their mortgages. "The deteriorating assets in the financial markets are rooted in the deterioration of people being able to pay their mortgages and stay in their homes," he said.

Leftover explosives found in Mumbai train station (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:06:25 GMT
AP - Police on Wednesday discovered leftover explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station — a stunning new example of botched security after the deadly rampage that left the government open to accusations it missed warnings and bungled its response.

Obama names Richardson to head Commerce Department (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:06:47 GMT
AP - President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet.

Judge gives millennium terrorist same 22-year term (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:09:14 GMT
AP - Rejecting prosecutors' calls for a life term, a federal judge on Wednesday reimposed a 22-year prison sentence for an al-Qaida-trained terrorist convicted of plotting to bomb Los Angeles International Airport at the turn of the millennium.

Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:20:48 GMT
AP - The aunt and one-time guardian of an emaciated and shackled 17-year-old has been arrested, as police tried to determine how she knew the couple accused of holding the teen against his will for nearly a year.

Scientists ask: Is technology rewiring our brains? (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:23:26 GMT
AP - What does a teenage brain on Google look like? Do all those hours spent online rewire the circuitry? Could these kids even relate better to emoticons than to real people? These sound like concerns from worried parents. But they're coming from brain scientists.

Lawyers: Hudson in-law angered by wife's dating (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:51:08 GMT
AP - Prosecutors allege Jennifer Hudson's estranged brother-in-law killed three family members because he was angry the singer's sister was dating another man.

The one that didn't get away yields long-lost ring (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:53:30 GMT
AP - The one that didn't get away held an unlikely surprise for a Texas man. The blue-stoned class ring of Joe Richardson, engraved with his name, turned up inside an 8-pound bass 21 years after he lost it while fishing on Lake Sam Rayburn.

Red Sox give AL MVP Pedroia a 6-year, $40.5M deal (AP)
Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:02:21 GMT
AP - AL Most Valuable Player Dustin Pedroia and the Boston Red Sox agreed Wednesday to a $40.5 million, six-year contract. The deal includes a club option for 2015. He would not have been eligible for free agency until after the 2012 season.