AP - Stocks searched for stability Wednesday after the previous session's 416-point plunge in the Dow industrials, as investors digested a barrage of economic data and found some comfort in Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's comment that no single trigger was responsible for Tuesday's selloff. In early afternoon, the Dow Jones industrials were up 41.90, or 0.34 percent, at 12,258.14 after being up more than 100 points earlier in the session.

AP - North Korea appears to have started complying with a recent nuclear disarmament agreement, but U.S. intelligence officials are telling skeptical lawmakers they will continue to watch the country's actions closely.

AP - House Democratic leaders are developing an anti-war proposal that wouldn't cut off money for U.S. troops in Iraq but would require President Bush to acknowledge problems with an overburdened military.