Reuters - Yahoo Inc trumpeted a series of new advertising deals on Wednesday in a bid to alleviate shareholder pressure, even as the company continues "engaged" discussions over a deal with Microsoft Corp.

AP - A Chicago Sun-Times reporter isn't going to answer questions at R. Kelly's child pornography trial.

AP - Ed McMahon, who for decades appeared as Johnny Carson's sidekick on "The Tonight Show," is fighting to avoid foreclosure on his multimillion-dollar Beverly Hills home, according to published reports.

AP - "Master of the Delta" (Harcourt, 367 pages, $24), by Thomas H. Cook: "A man doesn't need to know everything," the genteel old Southerner tells his grown son.

AP - Daredevil prankster Steve-O has pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine.

Reuters - Paramount Pictures has downsized the art-house division that helped produce the Oscar-winning movies "No Country For Old Men" and "There Will Be Blood."

AP - The judge in R. Kelly's child pornography trial warned a newspaper reporter who failed to appear in court Tuesday that he must show up Wednesday or face contempt charges.

AP - Ashley Judd says she decided to lend her voice against human trafficking after she "stumbled upon" the issue while visiting brothels, slums, hospices and other clinics in 12 nations to promote public health.