Autopsy conducted on Australian shot in Indonesia
A 40-member team of police and forensics specialists arrived Sunday to investigate the deadly shooting of an Australian employee of U.S. mining giant Freeport in restive Papua province, officials said.

Investors: 2Q revenue a sign of economic health
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Obama urges patience on economic stimulus plan
With the economy still firmly in the grip of a tenacious recession, President Barack Obama is urging Americans to have patience and give his economic recovery plan time to work.

Owner may open QE2 as floating hotel outside Dubai
The cash-strapped Dubai owner of the QE2 is weighing plans to open the British ocean liner as a floating hotel elsewhere in the Middle East or Africa rather than in the struggling Persian Gulf sheikdom.

Special alloy sleeves urged to block hackers?
To protect against skimming and eavesdropping attacks, federal and state officials recommend that Americans keep their e-passports tightly shut and store their RFID-tagged passport cards and enhanced driver's licenses in "radio-opaque" sleeves.

Chips in official IDs raise privacy fears
Climbing into his Volvo, outfitted with a Matrics antenna and a Motorola reader he'd bought on eBay for $190, Chris Paget cruised the streets of San Francisco with this objective: To read the identity cards of strangers, wirelessly, without ever leaving his car.

Australian concerned for Rio employee China holds
Australia's trade minister met Saturday with Chinese officials and said his government is "deeply concerned" about the detention of a Rio Tinto Ltd. employee on spying charges.

S. Korea analyzes computers used in cyberattacks
South Korean police are analyzing a sample of the tens of thousands of infected computers used to crash Web sites in South Korea and the U.S., but conceded Sunday they may not lead to the culprit.

Calif. leaders: We're making progress on $26B gap
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and legislative leaders reported steady progress on California's $26.3 billion budget mess and raised the prospect of a resolution in the coming week.

Obama rejects 2nd stimulus: Give recovery time
President Barack Obama said Saturday the $787 billion stimulus program must be given a chance to work before consideration is given to a second such jolt for the still-ailing economy.