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Europe governments go their own way on crisis
(AP)
 AP - Individual European governments issued a flurry of deposit guarantees to shore up their banks but fell short of any coordinated action Monday to deal with the crisis sweeping financial markets, even as stock markets crashed and the euro sank to its lowest level for over a year.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:05:51 GMT
| Iran says it forced down Western plane
(AP)
AP - Iranian news reports claimed Tuesday that Iran forced down a Western aircraft that accidentally entered its airspace, then allowed the plane to continue to Afghanistan after questioning its passengers.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:19:26 GMT
| Thai police fire tear gas against crowd; 118 hurt
(AP)
 AP - Thai riot police clashed Tuesday with thousands of protesters who barricaded Parliament and vowed to block the government from exiting the building. A deputy prime minister resigned to take responsibility for the chaos.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:18:23 GMT
| 3 win Nobel for subatomic physics research
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 AP - Two Japanese citizens and an American won the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics on Tuesday for discoveries that help explain the behavior of the smallest particles of matter.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:09:03 GMT
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BoSox back in ALCS after ousting Angels (AP)
The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news. When it turns to October, no one dominates like Boston. Jason Bay scored with a headfirst slide on Jed Lowrie's two-out single in the ninth inning and the defending World Series champions took advantage of a botched suicide squeeze, beating Los Angeles 3-2 Monday...
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:56:25 PDT
| Vikings win despite Bush's 2 return TDs (AP)
The Saints gave a national audience a taste of what New Orleans' long-suffering fans have bemoaned for years. Not that the Minnesota Vikings will complain about being the latest to play a supporting role in the Saints' stranger-than-fiction, four-decade history of bizarre and dramatic losses. Even Reggie Bush's record-tying two punt returns for touchdowns couldn't make up for New Orleans' numerous...
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:02:35 PDT
| Rays finish off White Sox, head to ALCS (AP)
They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason. Worst in the majors last year, Tampa Bay will play for a spot in the World Series. "It means everything. We've been at the bottom of the barrel for so long," B.J.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:34:11 PDT
| Broken ribs leave Westbrook uncertain (AP)
All-Pro running back Brian Westbrook broke two ribs in the Eagles' 23-17 loss to Washington on Sunday, though he kept playing and finished the game. Westbrook missed one game this season with an ankle injury, but it's too early to know if his latest injury will keep him out of Sunday's game at San Francisco.
Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:45:43 PDT
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Fed creates commercial paper-buying facility
(Reuters)
 Reuters - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday announced it would create a special-purpose facility, with the Treasury Department's blessing, to begin buying commercial paper in yet another emergency move aimed at calming chaotic financial markets.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:01:02 GMT
| Russia backing Iceland as world crisis spreads
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Russia negotiated an emergency bailout for Iceland and unveiled an aid package for its own banks on Tuesday, while Japan called for greater coordination in tackling the global financial crisis.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:19:52 GMT
| Greenberg blames AIG woes on shorts, accounting
(Reuters)
 Reuters - A former chief executive of American International Group Inc defended the insurer's risk management but said looser accounting and curbs to market short-selling could have saved it.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:14:57 GMT
| Stocks lose ground as financials weigh
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Stocks briefly turned negative on Tuesday, weighed down by financial shares, as disappointment about the absence of coordinated rate cuts by central banks tempered optimism about a Federal Reserve plan to strengthen the commercial paper market.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:15:58 GMT
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Kenya deporting US author of anti-Obama book
(AP)
 AP - The American author of a best-selling book attacking Barack Obama as unfit for the presidency was being deported from Kenya on Tuesday, a criminal investigations official said.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:10:45 GMT
| Russia's Jerusalem land claim worries Israelis
(AP)
 AP - The Russians are coming to downtown Jerusalem, reclaiming ownership of a landmark with the approval of the Israeli government, just as Prime Minister Ehud Olmert visits Moscow to try to iron out serious policy differences between the two countries.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 10:59:15 GMT
| Tonight's debate is in McCain's favorite style
(AP)
 AP - Tuesday night's presidential debate offers Republican John McCain one of his last best chances to stop Democrat Barack Obama's recent surge in the race and turn it in his favor.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:19:24 GMT
| Wall Street shows modest rebound after global rout
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 AP - Wall Street rose moderately early Tuesday, with investors getting some encouragement that the Federal Reserve's plan to buy massive amounts of corporate debt will help unclog the credit markets. The markets showed some signs of easing.
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:49:14 GMT
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