AP - Andy Dick was arrested early Wednesday for investigation of drug use and sexual battery after the comedian allegedly pulled down a teenager's top, police said.

AP - Five Lebanese militants freed from prisons in Israel in exchange for the bodies of two captured Israeli soldiers returned home Wednesday to a boisterous welcome from hundreds of cheering spectators.

AP - Wall Street turned higher Wednesday as another drop in oil prices helped offset concerns about a jump in inflation last month. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 150 points.

AP - The Associated Press has learned that now-defunct IndyMac Bancorp Inc. is under investigation for possible fraud in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers.

AP - The Pentagon's top military officer said Wednesday that he is likely to recommend further troop reductions in Iraq this fall. Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that on his recent trip to Iraq, he found conditions had improved more than he expected.

AP - Consumer prices shot up in June at the second fastest pace in 26 years with two-thirds of the surge blamed on soaring energy prices.

AFP - Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim was arrested Wednesday, police said, over allegations that he sodomised a male aide which threaten to thwart his plan to seize power.

AFP - Hezbollah on Wednesday handed over two black coffins believed to contain the remains of two Israeli soldiers captured two years ago, the first stage of a prisoner swap being celebrated in Lebanon but greeted with anguish in Israel.

Reuters - The American League squeezed out a 4-3 victory over the National League in the 15th innings of the longest-ever All-Star game on Tuesday and extended their 12-year unbeaten streak in the Midsummer Classic.

Reuters - In what likely is the last big showdown between President George W. Bush and congressional Democrats over the popular Medicare health care program, the U.S. Congress on Tuesday voted to override his veto of a bill to keep doctors' payments from being slashed.

Reuters - Former Samsung Group chief Lee Kun-hee, one of South Korea's most powerful businessmen, was handed a 3-year suspended jail sentence on Wednesday for tax evasion, but was cleared of other charges.

Reuters - Hezbollah handed over the bodies of two Israeli soldiers to the Red Cross on Wednesday to be exchanged for Lebanese prisoners held by Israel.