HONG KONG (AP) The global stock sell-off continues in Asia after Wall Street sank to its lowest point in five years on Wednesday. Asia's extended slide comes amid lowered U.S. economic projections and worries over the fate of America's Big Three automakers.

SINGAPORE (AP) oil prices have fallen below $53 to an almost a two-year low in Asian trading. Investors priced in lower crude demand from the global economic downturn.

Washington (AP) Ohio Sen. George Voinovich says if GM is telling the truth about what happens if they go bankrupt there'll be a "cascade like you've never seen." He and other senators from auto industry dependent states are trying to come up with a compromise after the Senate scrapped a vote on a $25 billion aid package.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) A Silicon Valley engineer has been arraigned on first-degree murder charges alleging he killed three colleagues after being fired from a semiconductor firm. The man's public defender says his client is "sad and distraught."


CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) The astronaut who lost her tool bag on a spacewalk admitted Wednesday that she made a mistake by not checking to see if the sack was tied down. She says it won't happen again. NASA puts the price tag of the tool bag at $100,000.

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