Reuters - Former Enron Chief Executive Ken Lay lied to credit agencies to prop up the energy trader's ratings even as its cash dwindled, the company's former treasurer testified on Wednesday.

Reuters - Former Enron Corp. CEO Jeffrey Skilling was a hands-on boss who kept a close eye on Enron's business and defended side deals the company used to prop up profits, a former top executive testified on Tuesday.

AP - There are worse things you can do for money than stay off drugs. "And I've done them, too," chuckled Allen Price, a 43-year-old methamphetamine addict from Oakland, Calif.

AP - Stocks ended a listless session little changed Monday as cautious investors found few reasons to put money into the market, even as upbeat remarks on Alcoa Inc. and General Motors Corp. helped prop up the Dow Jones industrials.