Asian stocks rise on signs of steady US recovery

BANGKOK (AP) -- Evidence of a steady economic recovery in the U.S. helped push Asian stock markets higher today.

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By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ
AP Business Writer
   NEW YORK (AP) -- When the Dow first crossed 14,000, investors were overjoyed. ...

TRACY MORGAN -- HOST BILLBOARD MUSIC AWARDS

LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Tracy Morgan says he has found his birth dad -- and he's Wayne Newton.

BRAS A FIRE HAZARD?

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- We haven't heard this much about the threat of bra burning since the days of the women's liberation movement.

IN THE NEWS: FINANCIAL TIMES SITS HACKED

LONDON (AP) -- Another attack on a media site -- and again, one that is being claimed by the Syrian Electronic Army.