Late-night hosts crack wise about bailout
The late-night wags had the market meltdown, a woebegone baseball team and the presidential candidates in their sights on Monday night.
‘Talibanization' of Pakistan's biggest city
Wall Street turmoil now spans globe
Stock markets around the world cascaded lower Monday, European regulators announced the rescue of four major banks, and U.S. and foreign officials pledged to make hundreds of billions of dollars available to ensure that banks would continue lending to each other.
168 killed in India stampede
At least 168 people were killed and 100 injured when thousands of pilgrims stampeded Tuesday at a Hindu temple in the historic town of Jodhpur in western India, officials said.
Walter: Dems face big opportunity and risk
This year, Democrats have a rare, not to say unprecedented, opportunity to increase their advantage in Congress. But, winning big in November means playing defense in 2010.
Fire burns Calif.'s Los Padres forest
A wildfire in the Los Padres National Forest has nearly doubled in size and prompted the evacuation of a few homes in the remote region.
Pro or con, readers decry lack of leadership
It was hard to tell who was angrier Monday: Readers who were terrified by the failure of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout or those horrified that the massive economic life-saver came within 23 votes of passage. Msnbc.com's Kari Huus reports.
Dow closes up more than 450 points
Wall Street snapped back Tuesday after its biggest sell-off in years amid growing expectations that lawmakers will salvage a $700 billion rescue plan for the financial sector.
Asian markets fall at opening
The historic carnage on Wall Street reverberated across Europe on Tuesday, with stocks volatile after U.S. lawmakers rejected a $700 billion bank rescue plan. Asian stocks fell.
NYT: McCain on attack after deal collapse
Besides stockholders whose portfolios were ravaged Monday afternoon, the one person with the most riding on the bailout bill that collapsed in Congress may have been Senator John McCain.
