Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

MUMBAI, India - Police say that they have found explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station which they said was left over from last week's attacks.

NEW YORK - Wall Street appeared headed for a lower open Wednesday as investors awaited more readings expected to show a still-weakening economy. News that BlackBerry maker Research In Motion was lowering its third-quarter guidance added to the anxiety on the Street.

WASHINGTON - Worker productivity slowed in the summer to the smallest advance since late last year while wage pressures increased. Neither development is expected to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve.

LOS ANGELES - In an era where awards shows are as commonplace as reality shows, even the top-tier events are finding it hard to stand out. So the Recording Academy is trying something different when it announces its nominees for its upcoming Grammys. Instead of its traditional morning roll call of nominee names at a staid press conference, top nominees will be revealed during a prime-time concert special to air live Wednesday on CBS.

INDIANAPOLIS - Danny Granger scored 32 points and led Indiana back from a 15-point fourth-quarter deficit, and Troy Murphy tipped in a missed shot at the buzzer to complete an improbable 118-117 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday night.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama moved swiftly toward wrapping up his cabinet appointments on Wednesday with the selection of rival-turned-supporter Bill Richardson as secretary of commerce.

LONDON/BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand led a global charge to cut interest rates on Wednesday, with countries from Europe to New Zealand expected to follow in the next few days to fight an unrelenting financial crisis.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Pakistan on Wednesday to cooperate "fully and transparently" in investigations into the Mumbai attacks that have roiled India-Pakistan relations.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Treasury secretary Henry Paulson is debating whether to ask Congress for the next $350 billion in the $700 billion U.S. bailout, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Tuesday.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Anti-government protesters lifted their crippling, eight-day blockade of Thailand's main airport on Wednesday, raising the hopes of 230,000 stranded tourists even though there is no end in sight to the wider political crisis.

DETROIT/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A top lawmaker predicted Washington would approve a bailout for U.S. automakers after they submitted survival plans, and General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC said they needed an immediate infusion of cash to avoid failures.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Iraq captured two suspected members of an Iranian-backed network and killed a third Wednesday, part of U.S. efforts to target a group it says has attacked Iraqi citizens and foreign troops.

ATLANTA (Reuters) - Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss easily won a run-off election in Georgia on Tuesday, denying Democrats the chance for a 60-seat "super majority" in the Senate that would have enabled them to pass legislation virtually at will.

BANGKOK (AFP) - The first international flight in a week left Bangkok's main airport Wednesday after protesters ended a crippling siege, bringing relief to tourists even as Thailand's political turmoil rumbled on.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi Wednesday to try and ease India-Pakistan tensions over the Mumbai attacks, as US intelligence blamed a Pakistan-based militant group.

GOMA, DR Congo, (AFP) - Belgium's foreign minister ruled out a European mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo's conflict-torn east in the near future, as rebels snubbed a peace plan from the provincial government.

OSLO (AFP) - Some 100 nations began putting their names on Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them.

LONDON (AFP) - Tribunals used to try suspects at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp were defective, immoral and "sullied" the US constitution, a former US military prosecutor said in a TV interview.

LONDON (AFP) - A new round of job cuts in Italy and Spain, plunging German auto sales and a eurozone report described as "horrible" pointed on Wednesday to further interest rate cuts in Europe, analysts said.

PARIS (AFP) - French state-controlled electricity giant EDF said on Wednesday it was ready to pay 4.5 billion dollars (3.53 billion euros) for half of the nuclear activities of US group Constellation Energy.