Today's Headlines -- Wednesday

• Stocks plunge as attention returns to weak economy (AP)
• Cameron vows `fightback' as Birmingham seethes (AP)
• Military killed Taliban who downed US helicopter (AP)
• Syria claims 'conspiracy' to justify crackdown (AP)
• Debt panel members prompt doubts (AP)
• Mothers exchange blows as Kenya drought deepens (AP)
• Federal deficit tops $1T for 3rd straight year (AP)
• FBI: Sibling suspects captured in Colo. (AP)
• Police: 3 women killed by SUV in gruesome NY crash (AP)
• Spanish duchess taps fortune for OK to wed at 85 (AP)
• Wall Street drops on French bank worry day after rally (Reuters)
• Most Americans say U.S. on wrong track: Reuters/Ipsos poll (Reuters)
• Goldman says QE3 likely after dovish Fed statement (Reuters)
• Rioting spreads as UK's Cameron vows crackdown (Reuters)
• Republican tax hardliners on debt super panel (Reuters)
• U.S. says kills Taliban who shot down helicopter (Reuters)
• S&P balks at SEC proposal to reveal rating errors (Reuters)
• What happened on night of deadly Afghanistan helicopter crash? (Reuters)
• Clegg visits London riot site (AFP)
• Debt crisis resists assault by ECB and global leaders (AFP)