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Reuters - Fresh signs of economic weakness from China, Japan and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged the Bush administration to back a second economic stimulus package and aid the ailing auto industry.
AP - Police in said they arrested a Connecticut man after he tried to steal communion wafers during a church service. The Martin County Sheriff's Office said 33-year-old John Samuel Ricci, of Canton, was cornered by fellow churchgoers when he grabbed a handful of wafers from the priest during communion services Saturday.
AP - Jennifer Aniston says Angelina Jolie was out of line when she spilled details about her relationship with Brad Pitt on the set of the "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" film. In an interview in the December issue of Vogue, Aniston talks about the magazine's 2007 profile of Jolie, who talked about growing chummy with Pitt
AP - In one of the economy's darkest hours in decades, it looks as if people are taking Barack Obama up on his exhortations for hope and change. Seven in 10, or 72 percent, voice confidence the president-elect will make the changes needed to revive the stalling economy, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll released Tuesday.
AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called for "emergency and limited financial assistance" for the battered auto industry on Tuesday, to be completed within days in a postelection session of Congress.
AP - Volatility kicked in again on Wall Street Tuesday, as the reality hit that few industries are safe from the consumer spending slump
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has put the "brutal" 2008 campaign behind her and has the next presidential race in her sights, with a flurry of national television interviews and a high-profile appearance at the Republican Governors Association meeting this week.
AP - President Bush wistfully saluted the nation's veterans Tuesday as he prepares to hand two ongoing wars over to his successor, saying he'll "miss being the commander in chief of such a fabulous group." Bush marked his last Veterans Day as president at a New York pier, speaking to a crowd of thousands bundled against the windy November chill for the rededication ceremony of the USS Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum.
Reuters - The regulator for the two largest U.S. mortgage finance companies on Tuesday unveiled a plan to cut monthly payments for struggling homeowners in an effort to reverse a wave of defaults threatening the economy.
AP - A wintry blast of punishing wind and more than 3 feet of snow in places pummeled the Northern Plains on Thursday, knocking out power to thousands and forcing highways to close. As much as 40 inches of snow fell in higher elevations of western South Dakota's Black Hills as the early season blizzard caused havoc. Drifts as deep as 6 feet covered roads in Spearfish.
Reuters - Oil prices fell 5 percent to $59 a barrel on Tuesday as the deepening global economic crisis dragged down markets and raised expectations energy demand will slow further.
Reuters - Housing agencies announced on Tuesday a plan to ease mortgage payments for troubled borrowers through mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Reuters - Fresh signs of economic weakness from China, Japan and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, sending global stock markets lower, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged the Bush administration to aid the ailing auto industry.
AP - Tim Lincecum won the National League Cy Young Award by a comfortable margin Tuesday, taking home pitching's highest honor in his second major league season.
AP - Retail gasoline prices dipped for a 17th week since July 4, falling below $2 a gallon in a number of states and approaching $1.50 at some service stations.
AP - Retail gasoline prices dipped for a 17th week since July 4, falling below $2 a gallon in a number of states and as low as $1.77 in Des Moines, Iowa.
AP - President-elect Obama honored fallen troops Tuesday by placing a wreath at a memorial and making a Veterans Day pledge to the many Americans who have served in the military.
AFP - Government forces went on a rampage of looting and rape against civilians on Tuesday, the UN said, amid warnings of "humanitarian black holes" opening up in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.
Reuters - Oil prices tumbled 5 percent to $59 a barrel on Tuesday as the deepening global economic crisis dragged down markets and raised expectations energy demand will slow further.
Reuters - UBS, the world's biggest bank to the rich, said Tuesday it had given details to the United States of U.S. onshore bank accounts as part of a tax probe that is testing Swiss bank secrecy and UBS's reputation.
AP - Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, died Tuesday. He was 75.
AP - An Associated Press-GfK poll shows that when it comes to the economy, most people are voicing the hope Barack Obama made a touchstone of his presidential campaign.
AP - Egypt's chief archaeologist has announced the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid in Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis and burial site of the rulers of ancient Memphis.
AP - Demonstrators in Cairo demanded Tuesday that Saudi Arabia release an Egyptian doctor sentenced to 15 years in prison and 1,500 lashes after he was convicted of malpractice
AP - In the most sweeping effort so far to help troubled homeowners, the federal government and the mortgage industry on Tuesday will announce a plan to streamline the assistance process for hundreds of thousands of delinquent loans held by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
Reuters - Weak economic data from China, Japan and Britain reinforced fears of a prolonged recession, sending global stock markets lower, and U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged the Bush administration to aid the ailing auto industry.
AP - Eat your heart out, Eddie Haskell.
Reuters - Shares of General Motors Corp plummeted 15 percent to a 65-year low on Tuesday, extending recent steep declines on lingering concerns that the automaker's cash holdings might fall below the necessary minimum during the first quarter.
Reuters - A UBS AG spokesman said on Tuesday U.S. authorities have requested U.S. onshore client data from UBS. The spokesman said UBS is complying with the request.
AP - Herb Score, the Cleveland Indians pitcher and former broadcaster whose promise on the mound was shattered by a line drive, has died. He was 75.
AP - A 22-year-old Danish poker professional won the World Series of Poker early Tuesday, turning a wheel straight on the last hand to become the youngest champion in the history of the no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event.
AP - President Bush, marking Veterans Day at a Manhattan pier that's home to the World War II aircraft carrier Intrepid, praised veterans past and present who have defended U.S. liberty.
Reuters - U.S. crude futures fell more than $4 on Tuesday, testing below $59 a barrel, on persistent concerns about weaker demand in a slowing economy as global equities slumped.
Reuters - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama urged President George W. Bush to pass a second stimulus package to help the U.S. economy and asked him to use existing bailout measures to help the ailing auto industry, an aide said on Tuesday.
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she wouldn't hesitate to run for the presidency in four years if it's God's will, even though she never thought Campaign 2008 would be "as brutal a ride as it turned out to be."
Reuters - Weak economic readings from China, Japan and Britain and a grim corporate outlook worldwide reinforced fears on Tuesday of a prolonged recession, prompting investors to look to a world leaders' summit for solutions.
AP - Hundreds of people joined Iraqi officials on Tuesday in reopening a major bridge linking Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in Baghdad
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she thought the Election Day contest between Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain would be closer. But she added that, in retrospect, "it's really not so much a surprise" that Obama's margin of victory was so large.
AP - President-elect Obama planned to honor fallen troops Tuesday, taking a short break from his primary task of mapping out his administration to mark Veterans Day.
AP - President-elect Obama suggested to President Bush that struggling U.S. automakers need more federal help, aides to the Democrat say, in the first face-to-face meeting the pair had since Obama's election victory.
AP - Citigroup says it is imposing a moratorium on most foreclosures as part of a series of initiatives aimed at helping at-risk borrowers remain in their homes
AFP - French police raided alleged anarchist cells in three cities on Tuesday and arrested at least 10 suspects following a series of sabotage attacks on the country's high-speed rail network.
Reuters - Switzerland said on Tuesday it had not passed Swiss-based account details of U.S. clients of UBS bank to the United States, which is seeking the information as part of a tax probe that may threaten Swiss bank secrecy.
AP - A one-eyed, three-legged dog that won the title of world's ugliest pooch this summer has died. The St. Petersburg Times in Florida reports that Gus, a Chinese crested dog, had cancer. He was 9. Gus was rescued from a bad home and went on to win the annual World's Ugliest Dog contest at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in northern California.
Reuters - Weak economic readings from China, Japan and Britain and a grim corporate outlook worldwide reinforced fears on Tuesday of a prolonged recession, prompting investors to look to a world leaders' summit for solutions.
AP - Dozens of masked insurgents blocked a mountain pass and hijacked at gunpoint a convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles and other supplies bound for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.
AP - No matter how people remember President Bush's time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully.
AP - No matter how people remember President Bush's time in office, let there be no doubt about how he wants to end it: gracefully.
AFP - Europe was to mark Tuesday the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I, the last major memorial for its handful of surviving veterans as the conflict slips from memory into history.
Reuters - A U.S. probe into whether Switzerland's UBS illegally helped wealthy Americans dodge taxes is targeting senior and mid-level executives and could result in one or more indictments, the New York Times reported.
AP - Michelle Williams' father, a prominent stock market trader, agreed Tuesday to return to the United States to face tax evasion charges.
AP - Former Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday was led from a prosecutor's office in handcuffs after being questioned for five hours on money-laundering allegations.
AP - The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq's largest Shiite party, which must choose between its two main partners: the United States and Iran.
AP - For more than a decade, the federal government has spent millions of dollars pumping elevated levels of carbon dioxide into small groups of trees to test how forests will respond to global warming in the next 50 years.
AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin says she was puzzled by the amount of attention her wardrobe got at the end of her unsuccessful vice presidential run.
AP - Former President Chen Shui-bian on Tuesday was led from a prosecutor's office in handcuffs after being questioned for five hours on money-laundering allegations.
AP - Oil prices fell to near an 18-month low of $60 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as optimism waned that a huge Chinese spending plan will avert a prolonged slowdown in the global economy.
AP - A pair of roadside bombs exploded in quick succession during the morning rush hour in east Baghdad on Tuesday, killing three people and wounding 14 others, police and hospital officials said.
Reuters - South Korea's intelligence agency Tuesday rejected a Japanese television report that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il had suffered a second stroke, with the South playing down further speculation about Kim's hold on power.
Reuters - Global institutional investors holding more than $6 trillion in assets pushed policymakers Tuesday to quickly hash out a binding agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions and promote clean technology.
Reuters - Evidence of a weakening Chinese economy, poor data from Japan and Britain and a grim corporate outlook reinforced fears on Tuesday of a prolonged recession fostered by the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
AP - Kurt Warner's ageless arm and an improbable goal-line stand at the finish saved the Arizona Cardinals from an ugly loss on a national stage.
AP - The late comedian George Carlin
AFP - Eight members of an ultra-left anarchist group have been arrested in connection with a string of attacks on France's rail network, French Interior Minister Michele Alliot-Marie announced Tuesday.
Reuters - U.S. authorities have received information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il suffered a second stroke late last month, Japanese broadcaster TBS reported, fuelling speculation about the reclusive leader's health.
Reuters - Evidence of a weakening Chinese economy, feeble data from Australia and Britain and a darkening corporate outlook in the United States reinforced fears of a prolonged global recession on Tuesday.
Reuters - U.S. authorities have received information that North Korean leader Kim Jong-il suffered a second stroke late last month, Japanese broadcaster TBS reported, fuelling speculation about the reclusive leader's health.
Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama plans to try a more regional approach to the war in Afghanistan including possible talks with Iran, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing national security advisers to Obama.
Reuters - A Japanese astronaut and mother of one has been picked as a crew member of the space shuttle Atlantis, Japan's space agency said Tuesday, making her the country's first mom to go into space.
AP - Kurt Warner's ageless arm and an improbable goal-line stand at the finish saved the Arizona Cardinals from an ugly loss on a national stage.