MADRID, Spain – Parliament legalized gay marriage (search) Thursday, defying conservatives and clergy who opposed making traditionally Roman Catholic Spain the third country to allow same-sex unions nationwide. Jubilant gay activists blew kisses to lawmakers after the vote. The measure passed the 350-seat Congress of Deputies by a vote of …

PHILADELPHIA – Alicia Keys (search), the Black Eyed Peas (search), Josh Groban (search), Def Leppard (search) and Toby Keith (search) have been added to the lineup of Saturday’s Live 8 concert in Philadelphia. Celebrity presenters at the show also will include actors Salma Hayek, Natalie Portman, Chris Tucker, Jennifer Connolly, …

NEW YORK – Shares of eBay Inc. (EBAY) fell almost 2 percent Monday on worries that Google Inc. may offer an online payment service to rival eBay’s PayPal as soon as this fall. Shares in eBay, which fell were down as much as 4 percent during the trading session, closed …

WASHINGTON – Countering calls to close down the military prison holding suspected terrorists swept up in roundups, Rep. Duncan Hunter (search), chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, has called the release policy at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, “too liberal.” “Of the people that we’ve released, we’ve captured a number of …

Want Greta’s blog delivered directly to your e-mail box? Click here to sign up! Update: 7:54 a.m. PT: Ask me how much I like United Express/Sky West. We have been up since 4:30 a.m. to catch a 7 a.m. flight to L.A. and then onto Arkansas. The United Express/Sky West …

ITASCA, Ill. – Office supplies retailer OfficeMax Inc. (OMX) said Tuesday the Securities and Exchange Commission (search) has issued a formal order of investigation related to the company’s internal probe of its accounting for vendor income. The company launched its own investigation in December 2004, when it received claims by …

Dealing with death is part of life but for some people the grief associated with losing a loved one is so crippling that it dominates their lives for years to come. It is estimated that as many as a million Americans a year develop a chronic, disabling condition known as …

ST. LOUIS – Gillette Co. (G) ads claiming its M3Power (search) razor raises hair up and away from the skin are “unsubstantiated and inaccurate,” a federal judge said in siding with Gillette’s chief competitor, Schick-Wilkinson Sword (search). U.S. District Judge Janet C. Hall in Connecticut granted Schick a preliminary injunction …

Australia warned on Friday that terrorists are at an advanced stage of planning terror attacks in Indonesia (search). The warning came in an updated advisory that Australian travelers should avoid Indonesia unless their travel there is absolutely necessary. “We continue to receive a stream of credible reporting suggesting that terrorists …

NEW YORK – Stocks ended mixed Tuesday as a broad market rally reversed course after a regional Federal Reserve official hinted the central bank is not done raising interest rates, contradicting earlier comments by Fed chairman Alan Greenspan. Major gainers for the day included General Motors Corp. (GM), the biggest …