Today's Headlines -- Wednesday

• 1 dead as storms pound South for 2nd straight day (AP)
• Afghan officer fires on NATO troops, kills 6 (AP)
• Fed weighs next move; Bernanke to meet the press (AP)
• Gunfire, explosions heard in besieged Syrian city (AP)
• Libyan port quiet after government bombardment (AP)
• Japan's royal couple visits disaster-stricken town (AP)
• 1 in 4 children in US raised by a single parent (AP)
• Yemenis start civil disobedience campaign (AP)
• AP sources: Crocker top pick for Afghan post (AP)
• NFL in limbo as 2 sides head back to court (AP)
• J&J to buy Synthes for $21.6 billion (Reuters)
• Tank convoy seen moving around Damascus: witness (Reuters)
• Republicans turn up heat on Obama over oil prices (Reuters)
• Amazon eyes rosy revenue (Reuters)
• Furor at Sony after hackers steal Playstation online user data (Reuters)
• Pakistan denies reports of efforts to split U.S., Afghanistan (Reuters)
• Bernanke seen indicating no haste to tighten policy (Reuters)
• Obama urges oil producers to increase output (Reuters)
• Daraa in grip of Syria troops as more deaths reported (AFP)
• Kadhafi seen on 'back foot' as fighting rages (AFP)