Gold prices got whipsawed Wednesday as investors tried to determine whether a debt-limit deal would happen. If it doesn't, gold prices could soar.

Terror risk increased for Americans? The State Department says after bin Ladin's death the terror risk has gone up.

Postal Service list of possible closures includes a Philadelphia building once owned by Franklin. It's the only Colonial-themed post office run by the Postal Service.

AP - Crisis concerns rising, House Republican leaders shrugged off a White House veto threat and an outbreak of tensions within their own party Wednesday as they built support for legislation to stave off the government default threatened for next week. Worried Wall Street sent stocks plunging on fears that political gridlock would prevail.

AP - House Democrats said Wednesday that President Barack Obama should invoke a little-known constitutional provision to prevent the nation from going into default if Congress fails to come up with a plan to raise the debt ceiling.

AP - Five days after an attacker incensed by Norway's culture of tolerance horrified the world, Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday issued a quiet call of defiance to his countrymen: Make Norway even more open and accepting.