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  • Drug from genetically engineered goats a first

    By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press Writer

    You've heard of making cheese from goats' milk, but prescription drugs?

  • Obama: US must speak with single voice on Gaza

    The Associated Press

    President-elect Barack Obama says he is concerned about the violence in Gaza, but also is wary of sending conflicting messages about American foreign policy.

  • Obama refuses to take stand on seating Burris

    The Associated Press

    President-elect Barack Obama has declined to support giving his vacated Senate seat to former Illinois Attorney General Roland Burris.

  • Flames stop Sharks 5-2

    The Associated Press

    After getting pounded in their last meeting, the Calgary Flames were determined to get off to a fast start against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night.

  • Handlers on phone ordered Mumbai gunmen to kill

    By SAM DOLNICK, Associated Press Writer

    "Keep your phone switched on," a handler instructs a gunman by phone in the midst of the Mumbai siege, "so that we can hear the gunfire."

  • Administration won't finalize fuel economy rules

    The Associated Press

    The Bush administration says it won't finish new vehicle fuel-efficiency rules, leaving the issue to the incoming Obama administration.

  • German jobless rate up to 7.4 percent

    By GEIR MOULSON, Associated Press Writer

    The deepening economic crisis made its first impact on Germany's labor market last month, helping push up the unemployment rate in Europe's biggest economy to 7.4 percent, official figures showed Wednesday.

  • Stocks fall on fresh evidence of economic woes

    By MADLEN READ and SARA LEPRO, AP Business Writers

    Bleak profit forecasts from several major companies coupled with fresh evidence of escalating employment woes sent stocks sharply lower Wednesday, pushing major indexes down about 2 percent, including a 175-point tumble in the Dow Jones industrials.

  • Constellation Brands 3Q adjusted profit tops view

    By BEN DOBBIN, AP Business Writer

    Constellation Brands Inc., which sells Mondavi wine, Corona beer and Svedka vodka, said Wednesday its fiscal third-quarter profit fell 30 percent because of restructuring costs and weaker sales, and it trimmed the top end of its 2009 forecast amid the slowing global economy.

  • Russia stops all gas supply to Europe via Ukraine

    By MARIA DANILOVA and LYNN BERRY, Associated Press Writer

    Russia shut off all gas supplies to Europe through Ukraine on Wednesday - leaving more than a dozen countries scrambling to cope during a winter cold snap. Prime Minister Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the move and urged that international observers be brought into the energy dispute.

  • Obama has lunch with 4 presidents

    By BEN FELLER, Associated Press Writer

    President-elect Barack Obama hailed a rare Oval Office gathering of all U.S. presidents as an extraordinary event on Wednesday as the current occupant, President George W. Bush, reminded his predecessors and successor that the office "transcends the individual."

  • Satyam Computer head quits, admits doctoring books

    By MUNEEZA NAQVI, Associated Press Writer

    The chairman of India's Satyam Computer Services Ltd. quit Wednesday after admitting the company's profits had been doctored for several years, shaking faith in the country's corporate giants as shares of the software services provider plunged nearly 80 percent.

  • Injured Davydenko to miss Australian Open

    By SANDEEP NAKAI, AP Sports Writer

    Nikolay Davydenko will miss the Australian Open because of a heel injury that bothered him last season and has caused "unbearable" pain the past two weeks.

  • EU demands calls for resumption gas supplies

    By ROBERT WIELAARD, Associated Press Writer

    The European Union accused Russia and Ukraine of holding their neighbors hostage with a cutoff of gas supplies and urged the countries' political leaders to settle their dispute.

  • Projected deficits put Obama stimulus in new light

    By JIM KUHNHENN, Associated Press Writer

    President-elect Barack Obama said Wednesday he'll have to juggle the competing interests of economic stimulus and deficit control, but that restoring general business health must come first.

  • Meyer: Utah, Texas, USC should fight to be No. 1

    By RALPH D. RUSSO, The Associated Press

    Florida coach Urban Meyer believes Utah, Texas and Southern California should fight for their teams to be recognized as national champions.

  • US: Troops kill 32 insurgents in east Afghanistan

    By HEIDI VOGT, The Associated Press

    The U.S. military says coalition forces have killed 32 armed insurgents during a clash in eastern Afghanistan.

  • FTSE-100 index down 61.98 points at 4,576.94

    The Associated Press

    Share prices on the London Stock Exchange were lower at midday Wednesday.

  • Judge in Texas pleads innocent to new sex charges

    By JUAN A. LOZANO, The Associated Press

    A federal judge in Texas, indicted last year for allegedly making unwanted sexual advances toward his court case manager, has pleaded innocent to new charges brought by another former employee.

  • Reid says Burris might ultimately get Senate seat

    By ANN SANNER, Associated Press Writer

    Changing course, Senate Democrats emerged from a meeting with Senate appointee Roland Burris on Wednesday and set forth the legal steps under which they're willing to welcome him into the Senate in President-elect Barack Obama's vacated spot.

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