Government moves again to unclog credit lines
(AP)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:26:33 GMT
AP - President Bush on Tuesday announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic steps were "not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it."
Stocks mostly advance on government bank plan
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:13:40 GMT
AP - Wall Street fluctuated but largely extended its big advance Tuesday as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 120 points a day after its record 936-point jump.
Sen. Clinton says 2nd White House run is unlikely
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:14:08 GMT
AP - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero ? slightly higher than the chances she gives for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice.
California battered by wind-whipped wildfires
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 14:11:35 GMT
AP - Powerful winds stoked three major wildfires on Tuesday morning after destroying dozens of homes, forcing thousands to flee and killing two people.
Inmate who says he's too fat to die to be executed
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:40:25 GMT
AP - A 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who says he's too fat to be executed humanely passed a pre-execution exam Tuesday and was cleared to receive a lethal injection as the U.S. Supreme Court denied his latest appeal.
North Korea to resume nuclear dismantlement
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Tue, 14 Oct 2008 10:20:49 GMT
AP - North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.
Russian spacecraft docks with orbital station
(AP)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:43:37 GMT
AP - A Russian Soyuz craft carrying an American computer game designer and two crewmates docked with the international space station Tuesday.
Ailing Janet Jackson cancels more concerts
(AP)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:43:06 GMT
AP - The doctor has again ordered Janet Jackson to postpone a return to her "Rock Witchu" tour.
Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin
(AP)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:42:20 GMT
AP - Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August ? a lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about 30 pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay. Starr's pumpkin finished at a record 1,528 pounds.
Red Sox, Rays to play game 4 in ALCS tonight
(AP)
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:41:04 GMT
AP - The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays play game 4 in their American League Championship Series tonight in Boston. Andy Sonnanstine wil pitch for the Rays against Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. The Rays lead the series 2 games to 1.
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