WASHINGTON — The saga of Hewlett-Packard Co.’s spying scandal — which has toppled the company’s chairwoman, two other directors and at least two high-ranking executives — deepened in intrigue Thursday as lawmakers exploring the imbroglio summoned comparisons to Watergate and Enron.

NEW YORK — Investors can be forgiven if they give a muted reception to the Dow Jones industrial average’s surpassing its record high close: For those who’ve stayed with the Dow stocks since the index’s January 2000 high, Thursday’s achievement merely recoups the losses of the last six years.

Major League Soccer doesn’t have the talent, tradition or TV ratings of more storied American sports leagues. But starting next spring, MLS will be the first major team sports league in the U.S. to showcase ads where viewers can’t miss them: on the fronts of player jerseys.

WASHINGTON — The parasitic dodder plant doesn’t have a nose, but it knows how to sniff out its prey.

From The Associated Press