Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Coast Guard's three-day search for two NFL players and a third man sent adrift in chilly seas ended in futility, dashing hopes they might be found after rescuers plucked one survivor from the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW YORK - You may not have the latest $359 Kindle electronic book reader from Amazon.com, but if you own an iPhone or iPod Touch, a new application will let you access the same content on your Apple device.

NEW ORLEANS - Dressed as a sexy ringmaster and directing a colorful cast that included jugglers, acrobats and martial arts dancers, Britney Spears delivered a tightly choreographed, if perfunctory performance Tuesday night as she kicked off her first concert tour in five years.

NEW YORK - The parents of a 23-year-old killed by cancer are not entitled to use their dead son's preserved sperm so they can have a grandchild, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

FORT PIERCE, Fla. - Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of McNuggets. A police report said 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for a 10-piece last week but was later informed the restaurant had run out.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Wednesday will order a crackdown on waste and cost overruns in U.S. government procurement that he estimates will save up to $40 billion a year, an administration official said.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - One in five U.S. homeowners with mortgages owe more to their lenders than their properties are worth, and the rate will increase as housing values drop in states that have so far avoided the worst of the crisis, a new study shows.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton criticized on Wednesday Israel's plans to demolish dozens of Palestinian homes in Arab East Jerusalem as a violation of its international obligations.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The sanctity of the secret Swiss bank account -- an icon of global finance -- is under growing pressure in a tax investigation due to come into public view on Wednesday at a U.S. congressional hearing.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Foreclosures drove U.S. home sales up 7 percent in 2008 after a 40 percent plunge the prior year, with eligible buyers lured by deep discounts and low loan rates, according to real estate data company Radar Logic.

KABUL (Reuters) - Presidential polls in Afghanistan can't be held next month as demanded by President Hamid Karzai, the elections commission said on Wednesday, with August 20 to remain the polling day as the body originally set.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A court appearance on Wednesday by accused swindler Bernard Madoff for a hearing over a potential conflict of interest involving his lawyer, Ira Sorkin has been postponed, a judge's clerk said on Tuesday.

SEOUL (Reuters) - A North Korean missile launch may not come for some time although the communist state has been preparing its longest-range rocket for a test flight, South Korea's unification minister said on Wednesday.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - The International Criminal Court sought the arrest Wednesday of Sudan's President Omar al-Beshir for war crimes in Darfur, issuing the first ever warrant against a sitting head of state.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown addresses a joint session of the US Congress Wednesday, after pushing his campaign to overhaul the global financial system in White House talks.

LAHORE, Pakistan (AFP) - Pakistan officials said on Wednesday that around two dozen people were detained over the ambush on Sri Lanka's cricket team, which has raised new questions about the government's war on militants.

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AFP) - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Wednesday met Palestinian leaders who want her to press Israel to open Gaza's borders and stop settlement activity so that stalled peace talks can again resume.

PARIS (AFP) - Can listening to sexually aggressive lyrics prompt teenagers to have sex at an earlier age?

LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets perked up on Wednesday following heavy losses but a sharp contraction in Australia's economy sowed further uncertainty as more companies were struck by the global crisis.

PARIS (AFP) - French banking group Credit Agricole announced Wednesday a 2008 net profit of 1.024 billion euros (1.278 billion dollars), down 75 percent from a year earlier, due in part to a fourth quarter loss.