AP - Saudi Arabia's oil minister said Tuesday he expected OPEC to keep output steady for the rest of this year, in comments reflecting expectations that crude prices and supply are in sync with the fitfully recovering world economy.

AP - The head of the Securities and Exchange Commission confirmed Wednesday the agency is investigating several companies' actions in the run-up to the financial crisis of 2008.

AP - Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday as investors held back ahead of the U.S. Federal Reserve's latest assessment of the world's largest economy.

AP - Housing construction fell in February as winter blizzards held down activity in the Northeast and South. The decline highlighted the challenges facing builders as they struggle to emerge from the worst housing slump in decades.

AP - CIT Group on Tuesday said it lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter, excluding a huge one-time reorganization benefit.

AP - Ambroise Thomas' "Hamlet" was last performed at the Metropolitan Opera in 1897, and it's easy to see why more than a century passed before its revival.

British actor David Oyelowo is to play Martin Luther King in Precious director Lee Daniels' next film, according to reports.

AP - The man who spearheaded the record-breaking deal in which Michael Jackson's estate will get up to $250 million in the next seven years said Tuesday that Sony Music Entertainment bought a treasure trove of new Jackson music, some of it recorded "quite

AFP - Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has been left off his BMC team's roster for Saturday's Milan-San Remo, the first one-day classic of the season.