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President Bush makes a statement about the economy and the bailout on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Charles Dharapak / AP)

Citigroup buys Wachovia bank assets

Citigroup Inc. will acquire banking operations of Wachovia Corp. for about $2.16 billion.

Bloomberg

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

Special section:

Kyle's projected path

CNN

$700 billion bailout plan set for vote in Congress

A reluctant Congress will pass judgment on the highly anticipated, and wildly unpopular, $700 billion plan to bailout Wall Street banks in an attempt to revive a struggling U.S. economy.

CBS News

Full text of the bailout legislation

ABC News

Poll on the economy: Americans gloomier, for now

USA Today

Special section:

Timeline: How we got in this mess

MSNBC

Pakistani tribesmen organize to fight Taliban insurgents

McClatchy Newspapers

Pakistanis flee into Afghanistan

BBC

Palin charged with reviving McCain ticket

Race lands on Palin's shoulders, as McCain seeks new turn - again.

ABC News

The candidates' week ahead

CNN

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Deryk Simmons, 27, from Huntsville, Ala., patrols with Iraqi police on the outskirts of Mosul, Iraq. (Photo by Maya Alleruzzo / AP)	A pig at a farm in eastern Ukraine nurses one of her piglets and two of the three tiger cubs abandoned by their mother last week at a zoo in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. (Photo by AP Photo )	A Hindu performs rituals on the occasion of Mahalaya on the banks of River Ganges in Calcutta, India. (Photo by Bikas Das / AP)

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

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

Lawmakers buck party bases

McClatchy Newspapers

Ohio battles over early voting

A battle over early voting in Ohio has brought a law passed by that state's Republican-controlled legislature three years ago to be challenged by the GOP before a federal court.

CBS 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

HEALTH

Breastfeeding cuts cancer risk

Breastfeeding for a year over the course of a woman's life helps cut the risk of breast cancer, research says.

BBC

American children three times more medicated than Europeans

A new study shows American children are three times more likely to be prescribed antidepressants and stimulants.

WebMD

RELIGION & SPIRITUALITY

Indiana pastor to take part in 'Pulpit Freedom Sunday'

The Rev. Ron Johnson Jr. is one of 30 pastors in 22 states who'll defy tax law by endorsing a candidate.

Indianapolis Star

Pastor to preach politics

CNN

Iraqi Christians protest end to quotas

Iraq's prime minister sought safeguards for small religious communities in this mainly Muslim country as Christians protested parliament's decision to stop setting aside seats for minorities on provincial councils.

CBS News

EDUCATION

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

No smoking on campus? Pennsylvania smokers fume

Staff and student smokers in Pennsylvania public colleges and universities now find themselves forced to leave campus property before lighting up. And they're fighting back.

TIME

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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

Typhoons batter Taiwan and Vietnam

Two powerful storms have lashed parts of East Asia, one causing at least 41 deaths in Vietnam, and another bringing flash floods and widespread disruption to Taiwan.

Al Jazeera

Typhoon Jangmi hits Taiwan