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Tainted milk, a baby's death and lawsuit in China
(AP)
 AP - Heartbroken at the sudden death of their baby boy, the Yi family struggled to forget what they thought was a tragic twist of fate. They burned his clothes, toys, everything but a single photo and the baby formula he drank.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:17:51 GMT
| Bush critic Paul Krugman wins economics Nobel
(AP)
 AP - Paul Krugman, whose relentless criticism of the Bush administration includes opposition to the $700 billion financial bailout, won the Nobel prize in economics Monday for his work on international trade patterns.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:08:25 GMT
| Europe puts more on the line for banks than US
(AP)
 AP - Europe put $2.3 trillion on the line Monday to protect the continent's banks, a figure that dwarfs the Bush administration's $700 billion rescue program, in its most unified response yet to the global financial crisis after a stumbling start.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:02:53 GMT
| Photos of North Korean leader add to uncertainly
(AP)
 AP - The first photos of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il released in two months show him in a setting very similar to photographs from August.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:54:33 GMT
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Romo may miss 4 weeks with broken finger (AP)
The already slumping Dallas Cowboys now must survive a few games without two-time Pro Bowl quarterback Tony Romo, who has a broken finger on his throwing hand. There was indeed something wrong when Romo badly missed on his last two pass attempts to Terrell Owens in a 30-24 overtime loss at Arizona on Sunday, the Cowboys' second defeat in three games.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 16:26:48 PDT
| Clemson coach Tommy Bowden steps down (AP)
Tommy Bowden decided he'd done all he could do for Clemson football, telling his athletic director Monday he'd step aside for the future of the program. AD Terry Don Phillips said his intent Monday morning was to have a candid, heart-to-heart with Bowden about the football team. So Phillips was surprised when Bowden offered to walk away in midseason.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:32:00 PDT
| Emerging ace Lester faces Rays in Game 3 (AP)
B.J. Upton, Evan Longoria and the rest of the Tampa Bay Rays are bashing their way through their first trip to the playoffs. Upton and Longoria homered off a suddenly shaky Jon Lester, and the power-packed Rays cleared the Green Monster four times to beat the Boston Red Sox 9-1 Monday for a 2-1 lead in the AL championship series.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 17:14:20 PDT
| Manny among 7 fined for NLCS fracas (AP)
Manny Ramirez and Dodgers teammate Hiroki Kuroda were among four players fined Monday by Major League Baseball for the Game 3 fracas between Los Angeles and the Philadelphia Phillies during the NL championship series. Kuroda threw a pitch behind Shane Victorino's head in the third inning Sunday, apparently retaliation for Philadelphia's Brett Myers throwing behind Ramirez in Game 2.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:57:07 PDT
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Governments to buy bank stakes; stocks soar
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Governments around the world bet hundreds of billions of dollars to rescue failing banks on Monday, sending world stocks soaring and giving Wall Street its biggest one-day gain ever.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:42:19 GMT
| Automakers could return to Congress for help
(Reuters)
 Reuters - U.S. automakers could turn to Congress after the November election to try to expedite $25 billion in government-backed loans, which Detroit manufacturers consider crucial to reversing their steep downward spiral.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:51:02 GMT
| Morgan Stanley shares soar as MUFG deal closes
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Morgan Stanley stock nearly doubled after Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc (MUFG) completed its $9 billion investment in the bank on Monday.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:12:44 GMT
| U.S. to buy stakes in banks to fight credit crisis
(Reuters)
 Reuters - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson met with top Wall Street bankers on Monday to nail down a plan for the government to buy shares in financial firms to restore confidence in rattled markets.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:04:54 GMT
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Johnston speaks about Bristol Palin, Obama, baby
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 AP - Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail. No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:19:34 GMT
| Actor Guillaume Depardieu dead at 37
(AP)
 AP - Guillaume Depardieu, the often-troubled son of renowned French film star Gerard Depardieu who gained praise for his own career as an actor, died Monday, hospital officials said. He was 37.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:33:10 GMT
| McCain offers tougher criticism of Bush economics
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 AP - Republican John McCain delivered his toughest criticism so far of President Bush's economic policies as he unveiled a new campaign stump speech that promised an energetic fight to reverse his slide in the polls.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:19:24 GMT
| McCain: Lewis' remarks on campaign tone are unfair
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AP - John McCain said Monday that it was unfair for Rep. John Lewis to compare the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign to the atmosphere a segregationist fostered in the 1960s.
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:28:02 GMT
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