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Demonstrators cheer Rep. Todd Platts, R-Pa., after he tells them he will vote 'no' on the financial bailout package. (Photo by Lauren Victoria Burke / AP)

VP hopefuls in debate prep mode

Gov. Sarah Palin says she is "looking forward to" the highly anticipated vice presidential debate. Sen. Joe Biden's campaign is playing up Palin's debate skills.

CNN

Some Repubs ask Palin to step down

CBS News

Palin pokes fun at Biden

CBS News

Hubble orbital malfunction; NASA delays shuttle launch to update repair mission

Space shuttle Atlantis was scheduled to blast off but a new and unexpected problem with the Hubble appeared when the telescope stopped sending data.

MSNBC

Bailout vote underscores America's leadership crisis

The failure of a proposed Wall Street bailout underscored that America is suffering not just from a financial crisis, but also from a crisis of political leadership.

McClatchy

House leaders vow to try again on rescue plan

USA Today

As contagion spreads, moods abruptly shift

MSNBC

How the representatives voted

CNN

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What's next? Congress mulls four options

ABC News

US circles weapons-loaded ship siezed by pirates off the African coast

U.S. warships and helicopters surrounded a hijacked cargo ship loaded with Sudan-bound tanks and other arms to keep the weapons from falling "into the wrong hands," an American Navy spokesman said.

MSNBC

The McCain effect

John McCain says his campaign "suspension" was meant to help the country. Critics say it was meant to help his campaign. It now seems that he's failed by either standard.

Newsweek

NATION

Investigator named in US attorney firings

Attorney General Michael Mukasey named a special prosecutor to investigate possible crimes arising from the Bush administration's firing of nine U.S. attorneys.

Bloomberg

Immigration raids bring more than 1,100 arrests in California's largest sweep

Billing a series of raids as the largest sweep of its kind in California, federal immigration authorities announced more than 1,100 arrests throughout the state.

San Jose Mercury News

More Americans go on food stamps

The number of people on food stamps has been increasing. In June, the figure was 28.6 million and experts said the rolls are increasing because of the slowing economy and sagging wages.

McClatchy

POLITICS

With bailout plan, a first glimpse at candidates' management styles

Aides and political allies to both candidates agreed that perhaps no episode thus far in the campaign better demonstrated how Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama would approach problems as president.

International Herald Tribune

Racial divide may affect election

CBS News

Palin charged with reviving McCain ticket

ABC News

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Obama: 'stay calm' on bailout failure; McCain camp blames Obama

ABC News

For House and Senate candidates, governor’s race can be boon or bane

The down-ballot effect of presidential campaigns has been a long-debated subject, but there are several gubernatorial races that may affect the balance of power in Congress.

The Hill

SPORTS

'The Boss' to play Super Bowl halftime

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will perform at the 2009 Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa, Fla., the NFL and NBC announced.

Sporting News

Winless Rams fire coach Scott Linehan

The winless St. Louis Rams fired coach Scott Linehan, the day after a fourth straight lopsided loss to start the season.

Sporting News

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Pope Benedict's memories of John Paul I

During his midday audience, Pope Benedict XVI invoked the memory of Pope John Paul I, whose sudden death came on the same date in 1978.

Catholic World News

X Factor fills vacuum left by God in schools, says head of school

British schools are increasingly "embarrassed" to talk about God, leaving a moral vacuum which has been filled by celebrity culture and the X Factor, a leading independent school head said.

Guardian

EDUCATION

Power to fire teachers crucial for better learning environment

Sarah Hayes, principal of the KEY Academy, realized that two new teachers were not working out. In a traditional school, the teachers' classes would have suffered. Not any more.

Education Week

Business schools expect boom as economy sags

Due in large part to volatile markets, business schools have been hectic lately, a climate that could create one of the most competitive admissions cycles in history.

U.S. News & World Report

ENVIRONMENT

Arctic Sea ice retreat in August the fastest on record, NASA photos show

Although the melt season did not break the record for ice loss, NASA data show that for four weeks in August 2008, sea ice melted faster than ever before.

Environmental News Network

Related photos

MSNBC

Stronger environmental laws needed to help Chesapeake Bay

If the Chesapeake Bay were a hospital patient, it would need major surgery, not just a tweak to the medicine it's been getting. After 25 years of cleanup efforts, the bay is barely holding its own.

Baltimore Sun

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GOOD NEWS

Artistic stroke fights city's blight

Melding commerce and creativity, artist Chazz Miller, founder of Public Art Workz in Detroit, uses larger-than-life art to draw investments into some of the city's most blighted blocks.

Detroit Free Press

Kidnapped Egypt tourists freed

All 19 hostages who were abducted in a remote border area of Egypt have been freed and are in good health, state-run Egyptian television said.

Al Jazeera

WORLD

Scores die in India temple crush

At least 100 devotees die in a stampede at a Hindu temple in the northern Indian city of Jodhpur.

BBC

A rare hurricane hits Canada

Hurricane Kyle weakened to a post-tropical storm as it swept across the Canadian Maritimes, but high heavy rains continued to buffet Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

International Herald Tribune

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Kyle's projected path

CNN

BUSINESS

Stocks crushed

Stocks skidded and the Dow slumped nearly 778 points, in the biggest single-day point loss ever, after the House rejected the government's $700 billion bank bailout plan.

CNNMoney

Bradford & Bingley nationalized in UK

Mortgage lender Bradford & Bingley will be nationalized, British officials confirmed.

BBC

European bank bail-outs

Financial Times

Chrysler to sell electric cars in US as early as 2010

Chrysler has announced that it is working on an electric powered version of its Voyager MPV, which could be put into commercial production as early as 2010.

Environmental News Network

LIVING & ENTERTAINMENT

Robert Plant says he won’t tour again 'for at least the next 2 years'

Robert Plant has finally responded to all the rumors circulating about Led Zeppelin finally launching a full-blown reunion next year. Unfortunately, it’s not the response Led Zeppelin fans were hoping for.

Rolling Stone

Paul Newman dies of cancer at 83

The actor, director, race car driver, political activist and philanthropist has died - and a buoyant strain of the American spirit has gone with him.

Baltimore Sun

Paul Newman 1925-2008

CBS News

HEALTH

Cadbury recalls 11 chocolate products made in China, may be melamine tainted

Sources say that Cadbury is recalling 11 Chinese made products distributed in the Far East after finding they contained traces of melamine, the toxin that is suspected to have killed four babies.

Medical News Today

10 ways global warming can be hazardous to your health

It's not just a political and economic issue — a warmer planet could affect your physical well-being.

US News

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

Science questions to ask America's would-be presidents

Scientific American

Sheriff's deputies use new ID system

Sometimes people who get pulled over don't have their licenses. Other times conceal their identity. Now, a new tool to identify people using their fingerprints is already paying dividends.

McClatchy

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