From Sydney to London: How online Olympics evolved

NEW YORK (AP) -- At the turn of the millennium, online video at NBCOlympics.com meant still images taken from NBC's television feeds. Fast forward a dozen years, and every event is being shown live in the U.S. Here's a look at that evolution:

- 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. Video wasn't really video at all. Rather, NBCOlympics.com showcased a series of still images grabbed from NBC's video feeds. The exception was an experiment in which NBC piped delayed video of selected events down controlled cables to about 100,000 homes.

New Bible translation hopes to engage readers with screenplay format, modern language

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- A new Bible translation tackles the challenge of turning ancient Greek and Hebrew texts into modern American English and then adds a twist: It's written like a screenplay.

Take the passage from Genesis in which God gets angry at Adam for eating the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil:

"Adam (pointing at the woman): It was she! The woman You gave me as a companion put the fruit in my hands, and I ate it.

"God (to the woman): What have you done?

"Eve: It was the serpent! He tricked me, and I ate."

Later, Eve bears her first son, Cain.

European stocks recover poise ahead of Fed meeting

LONDON (AP) -- European shares recovered their poise Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's latest policy statement and an announcement from the European Central Bank as to how it plans to combat Europe's debt crisis.

The consensus in the markets is that the Fed won't do anything dramatic despite mounting signs of a sharp slowdown in the U.S. economy. However, most analysts think the Fed will reiterate its view that the fed funds rate, its benchmark interest rate, will remain low until late 2014, or perhaps extend it into 2015.

Neil MacKinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital, said another monetary stimulus from the Fed could be on the cards if Friday's U.S. nonfarm payrolls data disappoint once again.

"Much will depend on the outcome of Friday's jobs report," he said.

By midafternoon London time, Germany's DAX was 0.2 percent lower at 6,762 but the CAC-40 in France rose 0.7 percent to 3,315. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was 0.9 percent higher at 5,687.

Kent St suspends student accused of Twitter threat

KENT, Ohio (AP) -- A Kent State University student accused of posting a message on Twitter saying he would be "shooting up" the northeastern Ohio campus has been suspended.

Nineteen-year-old William Koberna was arrested Sunday in Brunswick, outside Cleveland. He has been charged with inducing panic and aggravated menacing.

A Portage County judge has instructed Koberna to stay away from the school and President Lester Lefton. The sophomore remains at the county jail awaiting a GPS device as part of a $50,000 bond.

Boeing says NTSB investigating 787 engine issue, sees no challenge to safety

Boeing Co. says federal regulators are investigating after one of its 787 jets had an engine issue that sparked a fire in South Carolina, but the company remains confident in its safety.

The jet is one of Boeing's most critical products. The company delivered the first 787, known as the Dreamliner, last year following several years of design and production delays. Airlines set record orders for the jet, as its lightweight, high-tech design was expected to offer travelers more comfort, provide airlines significant fuel savings and open up new routes.