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S U R G I O N S V I L L E , Tenn. (AP) — An East Tennessee couple faces a murder charge, accused of forcing the man's 5-year- old daughter to drink more than 2 liters of grape soda and water, causing her brain to swell and rupture, authorities said. According to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office and the autopsy report, Alexa Linboom was brought in to the emer- gency room on Jan. 1, 2012, by her father, Ran- dall Vaughn, and his wife, Mary Vaughn. The girl was blue and unresponsive with ''an abnormal body posture that indicates severe brain dam- age,'' according to the autopsy, which was com- pleted in July 2013. The Vaughns were arrested on Wednesday and were being held at the Hawkins County Jail on a $500,000 bond each. Offi- cials did not know whether the Vaughns had hired an attorney. Their arraignment was scheduled for Friday morning. An investigation revealed the girl had been forced to drink approxi- mately 2.4 liters of water and soda over one to two hours as punishment. The massive intake of fluid caused her brain to swell and herniate. According to the autop- sy, when she was forced to all that liquid, she began vomiting, urinated on her- self and asked to take a bath. ''Outside of the bathtub, she tried to eat oatmeal with assistance then started clenching her hands.'' She arrived at the hospital about 2 to 3 hours later. ''Caretakers told hospi- tal staff that during the ride to the hospital, she sat up in the vehicle and played patty cake,'' according to the autopsy. She was transported by air to a regional hospital where she was pronounced brain dead two days later. The autopsy states that the girl had moved to Ten- nessee to live with her father about three months before her death. The move was prompted by allega- tions of neglect at her pre- vious home. By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer After a rocky start to the week, U.S. stocks roared back on Thursday, giving major stock indexes their biggest gain of the year. The Dow Jones industri- al average and the S&P 500 index each closed up 1.2 percent, their largest single- day increase since Dec. 18. The rally helped the market rebound a day after a modest loss and contin- ued a gradual comeback since a plunge of more than 2 percent on Monday. ''The market was very oversold going into the day's trading,'' said Jim Russell, senior equity strategist at U.S. Bank Wealth Management. The Dow Jones industri- al average jumped 188.30 points, or 1.2 percent, to close at 15,628.53. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 21.79 points, also 1.2 percent, to 1,773.43. Both indexes were still down about half a percent for the week fol- lowing a steep drop on Monday. The Nasdaq composite gained 45 points, or 1.1 per- cent, to 4,057.12. Thursday's surge began overseas, where the Euro- pean Central Bank decided not to cut interest rates. The move propelled major European stock indexes sharply higher. Then the markets got a dose of good news on the U.S. job market. The Labor Department reported that fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week. That report, combined with a private survey on U.S. hiring released Wednesday, appeared to bolster investors' confi- dence that the government will issue a positive January jobs report on Friday. ''Those two numbers combined ... suggest that perhaps tomorrow's num- bers might look a little stronger,'' Russell said. All week, investors have been looking ahead to the employment survey and what it will augur for the economy. Evidence of healthy U.S. job growth would sug- gest that the world's biggest economy is still expanding at a solid pace. That would comfort investors, many of whom became uneasy in recent weeks after signs of weaker global growth emerged. Those concerns were seen by some other investors as a buying oppor- tunity. ''The fear in the markets has subsided some,'' said Marc Doss, regional chief investment officer at Wells Fargo Private Bank. Thursday's gains were broad. All 10 of the S&P 500's sectors rose. Three stocks rose for every one that fell. Stock buyers got going early on, reacting to better- than-expected earnings late Wednesday from The Walt Disney Co. The media giant got a lift from its movie hit ''Frozen'' and sales of the ''Disney Infini- ty'' video game. The stock rose $3.80, or 5.3 percent, to $75.56. Akamai Technologies led the gainers in the S&P 500 index after the online content delivery company allayed fears that it had lost Apple as a customer. Aka- mai soared $9.76, or 20.6 percent, to $57.18. Among the other big risers were construction industry sup- plier Vulcan Materials, which added $5.47, or 9.1 percent, to $65.66, and O'Reilly Automotive, which rose $12.16, or 9 per- cent, to $146.72. Investors also cheered Dunkin' Brands Group, which reported that more people visited stores owned by the chain restaurant in the last quarter and spent more there once they got inside. The stock added $1.59, or 3.4 percent, to $48.89. Other stocks didn't fare as well. Twitter's first earnings report since becoming a public company stirred concerns that growth is slowing at the online mes- saging service. The stock lost $15.94, or 24.2 percent, to $50.03. A couple of energy com- panies were among the biggest decliners in the S&P 500. Chesapeake Energy skidded after the oil and gas company gave its outlook for production and spend- ing in 2014. The company lost $1.80, or 6.9 percent, to $24.41. Petroleum refiner Tesoro shed $2.35, or 4.7 percent, to $47.60. Health care supplier Per- rigo also fell sharply, losing $6.79, or 4.4 percent, to $146.49. Investors had moved money into bonds in recent weeks on concern that U.S. growth is slowing. That trend continued to do a gradual reversal on Thurs- day. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note ticked up to 2.70 percent from 2.67 per- cent on Wednesday. The yield, which affects rates on mortgages and other con- sumer loans, had fallen to 2.58 percent on Monday, the lowest in more than two months. All told, major indexes gained a little bit of the ground lost since Mon- day, when the Dow sank 326 points as disappoint- ing news about U.S. man- ufacturing unnerved investors. How Wall Street inter- prets Friday's employment report will determine whether the market will continue rebounding from Monday's losses. In December, the econo- my added a disappointing 74,000 jobs. That was the fewest in three years and far below the average of 214,000 added in the previ- ous four months. The Labor Department said Thursday that the num- ber of people applying for U.S. unemployment bene- fits declined 20,000 last week to 331,000. That sug- gests Americans are facing fewer layoffs and better job prospects. ''We do think that a little bit of a pause in the market was absolutely due and at hand as we finished 2013, so we think much of that has occurred,'' said Russell. ''If tomorrow's numbers come in weak, you can blame the weather. 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