Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc.'s Gmail service was knocked offline Tuesday in an outage that the company said affected a "majority" of its millions of e-mail users, including consumers who get Gmail for free and businesses that pay for a version for their employees. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES - Jerry Springer is coming back in the "America's Got Talent" fold — this time hosting a live version of the TV talent contest in Las Vegas. Full Story »

HONOLULU - Stinky city bus riders soon could get soaked. The Honolulu City Council is considering a bill that would impose up to a $500 fine and/or up to six months in jail for public transit passengers convicted of being too smelly. Full Story »

PHILADELPHIA - All Cole Hamels had to do to regain his dominant form was stop trying to be too perfect. Hamels pitched a two-hitter, Ryan Howard drove in the only run with a fourth-inning double and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the San Francisco Giants 1-0 on Tuesday night. Full Story »

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Firefighters took advantage of a turn in the weather on Tuesday to gain ground against the enormous wildfire burning for a week above Los Angeles, saying they now hoped to drive the flames away from historic Mount Wilson, a key telecommunications site. Full Story »

• Video: Fire Crews' Efforts Pay Off CBS 2 / KCAL 9 Los Angeles

MEHTAR LAM, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed at least 23 people, including the country's deputy head of intelligence, in an attack near a mosque in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, officials said. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Afghan Election

LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Wednesday that his government had put no pressure on Scotland to release the Lockerbie bomber early to improve Britain's trade links with Libya. Full Story »

JAKARTA (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake killed at least 15 people and forced thousands to evacuate on Indonesia's main island, the country's disaster management agency said, adding the toll could climb much higher. Full Story »

SEOUL (Reuters) - Two U.S. journalists held by North Korea for illegal entry admitted they crossed into the reclusive state, but said North Korean guards arrested them on the Chinese side of the border and dragged them back into the country. Full Story »

• Slideshow: U.S. journalists released from N. Korea

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday held their highest-level talks since Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took office, focusing on economic issues while formal peace negotiations remained stalled. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Israeli troops invade Gaza

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is not going to produce a nuclear weapon any time soon and the threat posed by its atomic program has been exaggerated, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in a published interview. Full Story »

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's incoming government sought to reassure security ally Washington on Wednesday that no upheaval was in store for U.S.-Japan relations, as the country groped toward a rare handover of power. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Japan Election

MIHTARLAM, Afghanistan (AFP) - A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside a mosque in Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing the deputy head of Afghan intelligence and more than 20 other people, officials said. Full Story »

• Slideshow: Afghanistan