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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nasdaq rose on Wednesday for the 11th straight day, buoyed by solid profits from Apple Inc and Starbucks Corp, while disappointing bank results and declining energy shares weighed on the broader market.

State's education board to consider adding Christianity's role in american history to curriculumThe Christian right is making a fresh push to force religion onto the school curriculum in Texas with the state's education board about to consider recommendations that children be taught that there would be no United States if it had not been for God.Members of a panel of experts appointed by the board to revise the state's history curriculum, who include a Christian fundamentalist preacher who says he is fighting a war for America's moral soul, want lessons to emphasise the part played by Christianity in the founding of the US and that religion is a civic virtue.Opponents have decried the move as an attempt to insert religious teachings in to the classroom by stealth, similar to the Christian right's partially successful attempt to limit the teaching of evolution in biology lessons in Texas.One of the panel, David Barton, founder of a Christian heritage group called WallBuilders, argues th

NEW YORK(AP) A.J. Burnett won his fourth straight decision and Nick Swisher had a big day with his bat and glove, leading the New York Yankees over the Baltimore Orioles 6-4 on Wednesday for their sixth consecutive victory.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Nasdaq rose on Wednesday for the 11th straight day, buoyed by solid profits from Apple Inc and Starbucks Corp , while disappointing bank results and declining energy shares weighed on the broader market.

The Nasdaq gained for the 11th straight session Wednesday as investors welcomed Apple's profit results, but concerns about Boeing and Coca-Cola's profits dragged on the Dow.

A.J. Burnett tossed seven solid innings in a 6-4 win over the Orioles Wednesday at the Stadium, helping the Yankees complete the three-game sweep and win their sixth straight game overall since the All-Star break.

The Astros beat the Cardinals a second straight night on Tuesday, this time by the score of 11-6 in front of a big, noisy crowd of 33,140 at Minute Maid Park. And now a season that began with two disastrous months has arrived at an amazing place.

A.J. Burnett tossed seven solid innings in a 6-4 win over the Orioles Wednesday at the Stadium, helping the Yankees complete the three-game sweep and win their sixth straight game overall since the All-Star break.

The bank said that its net loss was $1.26 billion, which included a charge to repay government bailout money. The loss from continuing operations was $159 million.

Morgan Stanley said Wednesday it lost more than $1.2 billion during the second quarter as it took a charge to repay government bailout money. The investment bank was also hurt for a second straight quarter by the improving value of its own debt.