Bush, allies pledge joint action on global crisis (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:09:07 GMT
AP - President Bush and foreign financial officials displayed joint resolve Saturday to combat the unfolding financial crisis, hoping to calm investors whose panic has spread despite bold and accelerating government action.

All that money you've lost — where did it go? (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:41:56 GMT
AP - Trillions in stock market value — gone. Trillions in retirement savings — gone. A huge chunk of the money you paid for your house, the money you're saving for college, the money your boss needs to make payroll — gone, gone, gone.

NKorea off US blacklist after nuke inspection deal (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:38:07 GMT
AP - North Korea has agreed to all U.S. nuclear inspection demands and the Bush administration responded Saturday by removing the communist country from a terrorism blacklist. The breakthrough is intended to salvage a faltering disarmament accord before President Bush leaves office in January.

Source: Chrysler, GM discuss merger, acquisition (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:09:05 GMT
AP - General Motors Corp., Chrysler LLC and Cerberus Capital Management LP have held preliminary talks about a merger or an acquisition of Chrysler by GM, according to a person familiar with the talks.

As governor, Palin at times bonds church and state (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:59:07 GMT
AP - The camera closes in on Sarah Palin speaking to young missionaries, vowing from the pulpit to do her part to implement God's will from the governor's office.

Obama notes McCain's effort to temper GOP comments (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:32:17 GMT
AP - Barack Obama acknowledged Saturday that John McCain has asked his supporters to temper their attacks on him. But the Democratic presidential nominee said the Republican's economic plans remain wrong for the country.

US controls bird flu vaccines over bioweapon fears (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:14:26 GMT
AP - When Indonesia's health minister stopped sending bird flu viruses to a research laboratory in the U.S. for fear Washington could use them to make biological weapons, Defense Secretary Robert Gates laughed and called it "the nuttiest thing" he'd ever heard.

Larry Hagman excited about 30th `Dallas' reunion (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 10:53:07 GMT
AP - Larry Hagman was reluctant to be on a new TV show called "Dallas" when he first read the script in the late 1970s, figuring there wouldn't be any money in it.

Kenya's elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 15:43:23 GMT
AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir's screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Dice-K pitches Red Sox over Rays in ALCS opener (AP)
Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:15:52 GMT
AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka's brilliant escape act bewildered Tampa Bay and put the Boston Red Sox on top in the AL championship series.