From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:33 PM

Netflix has provoked the ire of some of its 23 million subscribers by raising its prices by as much as 60 percent for those who want to rent DVDs by mail and watch video on the Internet. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:33 PM

NFL owners and player representatives have arrived for another round of labor talks as the negotiations hit a critical phase. AP Pro Football Writer Barry Wilner is covering the meetings in New York. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:32 PM

A grief-stricken Afghan president Hamid Karzai attended the funeral ceremony for his half brother Wednesday, then pleaded with his countrymen to stop killing one another. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:32 PM

At least 150 people in Sadr City are poisoned by chlorine gas after an accidental explosion at a Baghdad water plant. Travis Brecher reports.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:30 PM

A zoo in Ukraine is putting a two-headed snake on display that it says competes with itself for food. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:14 AM

The community college that the Tucson shooting rampage suspect had attended has released records detailing a meeting over his suspension from the school just three months before the attack. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 10:14 AM

Astronauts conducted a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Tuesday — the last of the NASA shuttle program. Jon Decker reports.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:54 AM

Brewers slugger Prince Fielder hit a three-run homer in Tuesday’s 5-1 All-Star game win, which gives the National League home field advantage in the World Series. Fielder was named game MVP. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:53 AM

From the Midwest to the East Coast, people are looking to fountains and cool drinks for relief from sweltering temperatures. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:53 AM

More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and Filipino nephew Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaida-linked militants, officials said. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:53 AM

First lady Michelle Obama, and former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Rodham Clinton, joined former Pres. George W. Bush at Betty Ford’s memorial service in Palm Desert, Calif. Rosalynn Carter delivered one of the eulogies. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:53 AM

In an interview with CBS Tuesday, President Barack Obama seemed to back off his unequivocal assurances that the debt ceiling would be raised, thus avoiding a first-ever default. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 6:53 AM

The U.S. Coast Guard is ending aerial searches for seven Americans still missing after a charter fishing boat sank off Mexico earlier this month. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 8:53 PM

Two men are being held without bail after attempting to steal artifacts worth thousands from the Maryland Historical Society.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:41 PM

President Barack Obama is awarding the Medal of Honor to an Afghanistan war veteran, Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry, for courageous actions during combat in Afghanistan in May, 2008. He lost a hand attempting to throw an enemy grenade back. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:36 PM

We took a thermometer and measured the temperature in a car for 30 minutes. Dr. Bill Howard, the director of the Arnold Palmer Sports Health Center at Union Memorial, talks about the danger in leaving a child or pet in a heated car. (Kevin Richardson/The Baltimore Sun video)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 5:36 PM

Lina Naughtin always wanted a horse but has settled for a large dog instead to pull her cart. See her navigate the streets of Winter Park, Fla in this video by George Skene.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:24 PM

President Barack Obama and Republican lawmakers, seemingly trapped in inflexible bargaining positions, remain far apart on a deal to avert a first-ever default on the country’s financial obligations. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:24 PM

Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the United States will need to find savings across all aspects of government, and demonstrate to the American people that it can use their tax dollars more efficiently. (July 12)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:24 PM

Israeli police use stun grenades to disperse demonstrators during a pro-Palestinian march in the West Bank city of Hebron. Lindsey Parietti reports