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  1. A man stands outside the NASDAQ Market Site as the televised speech by U.S. President George W. Bush is broadcasted in New York October 10, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
    Exploring the worst-case scenario Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 3:10 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.9

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economy is drawing closer to a dangerous downward spiral and time may be running out for world leaders to find a way to stop it before it inflicts lasting damage.

  2. File photo shows the logo of American International Group (AIG) at their offices in New York September 18, 2008. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
    AIG knew of potential problems in valuing swaps: report Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 2:32 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives at American International Group Inc knew of potential problems in valuing derivatives contracts, known as credit default swaps, long before questions about the risky transactions caused its stock to plummet, the Wall Street Journal said, citing documents released by congressional investigators.

  3. Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks' AP - 30 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.8

    SCRANTON, Pa. - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the McCain campaign is trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching "unbecoming personal attacks" at Barack Obama.

  4. Wales rides a coal renaissance AP - Sun Oct 12, 11:17 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    CWMGRACH, Wales - Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels.

  5. Former parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karoubi speaks with journalists while attending news conference in Tehran October 12, 2008. The leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term. The backdrop reads, 'I wouldn't want to survive, should Iran not do so'. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
    Leading Iran reformist to run in 2009 presidency vote Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:23 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - A leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term.

  6. Obama Gains in Iowa, Florida Give Him National Boost Bloomberg - Sun Oct 12, 1:50 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    Oct. 12 (Bloomberg) -- Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama is ahead in a series of new polls from Florida to Iowa, gains that are helping him maintain a national lead over Republican John McCain.

  7. Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis AP - Sun Oct 12, 2:03 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    AKRON, Ohio - She shot herself in the chest Oct. 1 before she could be taken away from the foreclosed house, which was worth less than its mortgage from the day she took out the loan.

  8. Bankruptcy financing gets pricier and more elusive Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 10:04 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financing is getting pricier and more elusive for companies that file for bankruptcy.

  9. The exterior of the headquarters of investment bank Morgan Stanley is pictured in New York City, September 17, 2008. (Mike Segar/Reuters)
    Morgan Stanley's fate still hangs in the balance Reuters - 1 hour, 54 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Despite its best efforts to fortify its defenses, Morgan Stanley's fate hangs in the balance after the market's relentless assault last week.

  10. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,speaks during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 outside the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)
    Clintons campaigning for Obama-Biden in Pa. AP - Sun Oct 12, 11:30 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    WASHINGTON - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.

  11. U.S. General David McKiernan, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan deputy defense minister Gen. Mohammad Akram, not seen, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The head of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Sunday said Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed about 60 insurgents. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
    Top general: NATO not losing Afghan war AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The top NATO general in Afghanistan on Sunday rejected the idea that NATO is losing the Afghanistan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency.

  12. Pakistani tribesmen rise up against militants AP - Sun Oct 12, 12:41 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border — a movement encouraged by the military and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding.

  13. Financial markets near complete freeze Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 11:06 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    LONDON (Reuters) - Investors will be seeing this week whether policymakers found a way to pull markets away from a deeper collapse as global capital markets faced complete freeze-up.

  14. Beth Hanna picks through the sand and muck and debris Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 trying to recover any of her salvageable belongs after her Crystal Beach, Texas home was completely destroyed last month by Hurricane Ike. Hanna is slowly picking and digging through every bit of her property. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
    Recovery, ruin visible in Texas a month after Ike AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:10 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    GALVESTON, Texas - A month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows next 20 miles," a reminder that few fences remain to hem in livestock. Blue tarps cover 11,000 roofs for 100 miles from Houston to the Louisiana line.

  15. Herman and Roma Rosenblat pose for a photo in their North Miami Beach, Fla. home, Sept. 25, 2008 as they talk about 'Angel Girl,' the book written by Laurie Friedman, about the beginning of their relationship during the Holocaust. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)
    Holocaust survivors tell love story AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:11 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    NORTH MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - In the beginning, there was a boy, a girl and an apple.

  16. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev visits cosmodrome Plesetsk in northern Russia, October 11, 2008. Russia fired a long-range Topol missile from Plesetsk on Sunday. Before the launch, President Medvedev personally inspected the RS-12M Topol, also called the SS-25 Sickle by NATO. Picture taken October 11, 2008. (RIA Novosti/Kremlin/Dmitry Astakhov/Reuters)
    Russia's Medvedev test fires long-range missile Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 6:29 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    PLESETSK COSMODROME, Russia (Reuters) - President Dmitry Medvedev oversaw the test firing of an intercontinental Topol missile on Sunday and vowed to commission new generation weapons for Russia's armed forces.

  17. Environmentalists slam Bush "fox-in-henhouse" plan Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:42 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bush administration plan to let U.S. agencies decide for themselves whether their actions put wildlife at risk is drawing fire from environmental groups, which say this is like letting a fox guard a henhouse.

  18. Pakistani tribesmen examine a damaged car after a house was hit by a suspected U. S. missiles on the outskirt of Miran Shah, the main town of Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region along Afghanistan border on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The latest in a barrage of suspected U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan's northwest killed five people, but none were believed to be foreign al-Qaida fighters, officials said. (AP Photo/Hasbunallah Khan)
    No al-Qaida fighters reported dead in US airstrike AP - Sun Oct 12, 12:17 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - The latest in a barrage of suspected U.S. missile strikes in Pakistan's northwest killed five people, but none was believed to be a foreign al-Qaida fighter, officials said Sunday.

  19. A Turkish riot police officer stands in front of posters reading, "Dont close DTP (Democratic People's Party)", during a protest by supporters of the Kurdistan Workers' Party in Istanbul. Turkish authorities claimed to have foiled a probable suicide attack by a suspected Kurdish militant in Istanbul as the military stepped up bombing raids on rebel hideouts in northern Iraq.(AFP/Bulent Kilic)
    Thousands of Christians flee killings in Mosul McClatchy Newspapers - Sat Oct 11, 6:43 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    BAGHDAD — Christians in Mosul are fleeing their homes after a spate of killings this week that left 12 Christians dead in one of the largest Christian communities in Iraq.

  20. In this photo provided by the California Department of Fish and Game, two five gallon backpack sprayers used to spray pesticides directly on the buds of marijuana plants to keep the insects down are shown on Monday, July 28, 2008 at Longmeadow Creek in Tulare County near Johnsondale, Calif. (AP Photo/California Department of Fish and Game)
    Mexican marijuana cartels sully US forests, parks AP - Sat Oct 11, 9:27 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.3

    PORTERVILLE, Calif. - National forests and parks — long popular with Mexican marijuana-growing cartels — have become home to some of the most polluted pockets of wilderness in America because of the toxic chemicals needed to eke lucrative harvests from rocky mountainsides, federal officials said.

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