Jobless aid measure clears Senate hurdle (AP)

AP - Legislation to give additional months of unemployment benefits to people who have been out of a job for more than half a year cleared a key hurdle Tuesday that guarantees it will soon pass the Senate.

Samsung, Panasonic start selling 3-D TVs this week (AP)

AP - Want to be the first one on your block with a 3-D television? It will cost you about $3,000.

Feds to probe cause of runaway Prius in California (AP)

AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.

Dozen centuries-old shipwrecks found in Baltic Sea (AP)

AP - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany.

Job openings up sharply in January to 2.7M (AP)

AP - Job openings rose sharply earlier this year, evidence that employers are slowly ramping up hiring as the economy improves.

Stocks rise after financial stocks jump on rumors (AP)

AP - Financial companies have led stocks higher on the one-year anniversary of the market's hitting a 12-year low.

Car detectives crowd around Monday's runaway Prius (AP)

AP - A Toyota Prius that sped out of control on a California freeway was towed to a dealership Tuesday while federal and company inspectors converged on the car to determine whether a stuck gas pedal was to blame.

Toyota seeks to block executive testimony in suit (Reuters)

Reuters - Toyota Motor Corp (7203.T) has asked a Michigan appeals court to intervene to keep its top two U.S. executives from being grilled by lawyers for the family of a woman killed while driving a Camry in 2008.

Greek PM meets Obama amid finance crisis (AFP)

AFP - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou held talks Tuesday with President Barack Obama seeking US action against speculators he says are deepening his country's financial crisis.

Chevron to shed 2,000 jobs, sell some assets (AP)

AP - Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it revamps its struggling refinery, marketing and transportation operations.

Euro wobbles on eurozone finance jitters (AFP)

AFP - The euro lost ground against the dollar Tuesday on revived concern for the financial fate of Greece and other eurozone members and resistance to a planned IMF-style European Monetary Fund.