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  1. A woman shops at the Union Square Greenmarket in New York Wednesday, July 15, 2009. Consumer prices shot up in June by the largest amount in 11 months, the Labor Department announced Wednesday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    Prices up, but down is a bigger threat AP - 45 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON - Sharply higher prices for everyday goods in June reflected a surge at the gas pump, not the start of a dangerous bout of inflation. In fact, economists say falling prices are the bigger danger.

  2. Signs are shown at the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, July 15, 2009 in New York. Stocks surged for the second time in three days Wednesday as investors pounce on more evidence that the economy might not be as weak as feared. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
    Strong results at Intel pull stocks sharply higher AP - 43 minutes ago

    NEW YORK - The nation's big companies are giving investors a reason to restart Wall Street's spring rally.

  3. This photo released by Veterinary Pet Insurance shows Snag L. Tooth catching a cat nap at his home in Portland, Oregon.(AP Photo/Veterinary Pet Insurance)
    Cats Do Control Humans, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Mon Jul 13, 12:50 PM ET

    If you've ever wondered who's in control, you or your cat, a new study points to the obvious. It's your cat.

  4. Paulson says acted appropriately on BofA Reuters - Wed Jul 15, 3:37 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said that he acted appropriately in warning Bank of America Chief Executive Kenneth Lewis that top executives could be ousted if they walked away from a merger with Merrill Lynch.

  5. Migrating Planets May Have Kicked Asteroids Into Orbit SPACE.com - Wed Jul 15, 1:15 PM ET

    Gas giant planets that migrated early in the history of the solar system could have violently knocked some of the asteroid belt's denizens into their current orbits, according to a new study that aims to solve a number of enduring space rock mysteries.

  6. The Moon: Then, Now, Next - NASA's 21st Century Moon Car SPACE.com - Wed Jul 15, 2:31 PM ET

    NASA's new moon rover looks like it's been on TV's "Pimp My Ride."

  7. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 26, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
    S&P has best 3 days since March on earnings optimism Reuters - 56 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks jumped on Wednesday with the S&P 500 racking up its three best days since March, sparked by results from bellwether Intel Corp that lifted hopes for a rebound in technology spending and improved corporate profitability.

  8. Ex-Goldman analyst, others accused of inside trades Reuters - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. regulators on Wednesday filed civil charges for insider trading against 11 people, including a 26-year-old former Goldman Sachs Group Inc investment banking analyst accused of leaking confidential merger information to his brother.

  9. The Lincoln Plaza offices of California Public Employees' Retirement System is seen in Sacramento in a handout photo. REUTERS/Handout
    Calpers sues rating agencies over losses Reuters - Wed Jul 15, 11:44 AM ET

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Calpers, the biggest U.S. public pension fund, has sued the three largest credit rating agencies for giving perfect grades to securities that later suffered huge subprime mortgage losses.

  10. Cannonballs Really Could Sink Ships, Study Finds LiveScience.com - Wed Jul 15, 12:02 PM ET

    Long before the Navy used torpedoes, rockets and nuclear missiles to fire at the enemy, ship captains relied on more blunt weapons - cannonballs.

  11. Space shuttle Endeavour lifts-off from the Kennedy Space Center at Cape Canaveral, Fla. Wednesday July 15, 2009. Endeavour's seven member crew are on a 16-day mission to the International Space Station. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
    Space shuttle blasts off after month's delay AP - 35 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - After more than a month's delay, space shuttle Endeavour and seven astronauts thundered into orbit Wednesday on a flight to the international space station, hauling up a veranda for Japan's enormous lab and looking to set a crowd record.

  12. The team of researchers, from left, Russian Sergei Ryazansky,  Aleksei Baranov, German Oliver Knickel, Russian Aleksei Shpakov, French Cyrille Fournier and Russian Oleg Artemyev are greeted after ending an imitated flight to Mars in Moscow, Tuesday, July 14, 2009. The four Russians, a German and a Frenchman emerged from three months of isolation in Soviet-era capsules in Moscow Tuesday, after simulating a three-month mission to Mars for the Russian and European space agencies. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel)
    6 men endure Mars flight simulation experiment AP - Wed Jul 15, 4:58 AM ET

    MOSCOW - Russian engineers broke a red wax seal and six men emerged from a metal hatch after 105 days of isolation in a mock spacecraft, still smiling after testing the stresses that space travelers may face on the journey to Mars.