AP - Reports of sudden acceleration in the Toyota Prius have spiked across the country. But that doesn't mean there's an epidemic of bad gas pedals in the popular hybrid.
AP - Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim is the world's richest person, jumping past Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to become the first person from a developing nation to top the list, according to Forbes magazine.
AP - China's inflation spiked higher in February, raising the chances that Beijing might need to cool the recovery in the world's third-largest economy.
AP - Asian markets inched higher early Thursday amid mixed economic news and after U.S. stocks closed with small gains following a report that companies cut their inventories.
AFP - The US Senate has adopted a 140-billion-dollar raft of measures aimed at shoring up unemployment benefits and setting out tax breaks to spur job creation.