From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:38 PM

Summary of business headlines: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke lays the groundwork for possibility of further stimulus; Netflix hikes subscription price by 60 percent.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:38 PM

Samsung’s Chromebook offers a new approach in functionality. It presents all of the user experience in websites, apps, games and productivity tools, through Google's Chrome browser. This streamlines things a bit, at the cost of standalone apps. (July 13)

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:38 PM

Researchers from Japan’s Ministry of Defense have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle with a difference. It's a radio-controlled sphere about twice the size of a basketball, designed to land in hazardous environments without breaking. Rob Muir reports.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:38 PM

On the sidelines of daily protests in Yemen — women and children hold a craft exhibition to call for their own kinds of change. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

From: The Baltimore Sun on Wed, Jul 13 2011 4:36 PM

Blast victims are rushed to hospitals after serial blasts in Mumbai that killed at least 13 people. Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

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

Actress Mila Kunis accepts invitation to join the Marines.

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 4:33 PM

Thousands of fans watch special screening of the last Harry Potter film in Paris - but cinema groups say the premiere stole their audience.

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

The chugging sounds of a rolling train permeate the Sykesville yard of Glen Stegmiller, whose train garden won the Best Small Garden category of The Baltimore Sun’s 2011 Garden Contest. Stegmiller, who owns model train store The Moose Caboose, can run the electric trains year round. (Amy Davis/...

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

A shady, garden veiled by a painted wall is the overall winner in The Baltimore Sun’s 2011 Garden Contest, Barry Glassman's oasis is in the lot adjoining his Butcher's Hill rowhouse. (Amy Davis/Baltimore Sun video)

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 10:19 AM

China said its economic growth eased to 9.5 percent in the latest quarter amid rate hikes. But the numbers give the government room to keep taking measures to fight inflation. (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 10:13 AM

Ted Danson joins 'CSI: Crime Scene Investigation'; R Kelly faces foreclosure on Chicago-area mansion; Arnold Schwarzenegger to return to acting in 'Last Stand.' (July 13)

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

The Harry Potter movies have been magic for Hollywood, raking in more than $6 billion at the box office as the final movie installment is released.

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

U.S. cable network TNT has released a trailer for the remake of TV drama "Dallas."