A woman accused of helping her lover smother her husband to death told police he had been abducted in a row over drugs, a court heard today.

US stocks fluctuated before closing slightly lower today after a Federal Reserve governor’s upbeat comments on inflation helped ease worries about a bleak forecast from Intel Corp. The major indexes finished mixed for the week.

The wife of an engineer found dead in his car was charged with murdering him after police compiled a major dossier of forensic evidence and witness statements, a court heard today.