Asian markets mixed after Australia's big rate cut (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:55:34 GMT
AP - Asian stocks were mixed Tuesday as a big interest rate cut in Australia helped spur recoveries in several regional markets, sparking hopes that other central banks will lower rates to help loosen the global credit crunch.

Fed eyes plan to fund short-term business loans (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:29:06 GMT
AP - The government is weighing a bold plan to buy massive amounts of unsecured short-term debts in a dramatic effort to break through a credit clog that is imperiling the economy.

Dark matter, new planets could bring physics Nobel (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:33:00 GMT
AP - Scientists who have pursued dark matter, hunted for undiscovered planets and advanced nanotechnology were being touted Monday as candidates for the 2008 Nobel Prize in physics.

McCain linked to private group in Iran-Contra case (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:22:05 GMT
AP - GOP presidential nominee John McCain has past connections to a private group that supplied aid to guerrillas seeking to overthrow the leftist government of Nicaragua in the Iran-Contra affair.

Thai police fire tear gas against crowd (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:24:50 GMT
AP - Riot police using tear gas clashed Tuesday with several thousand protesters who barricaded Parliament while trying to block Thailand's new prime minister from delivering his first policy speech to lawmakers. Scores of protesters were injured.

Upset over financial problems, man kills family, then himself (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:34:55 GMT
AP - An unemployed man with an advanced finance degree who was despondent over his own financial problems shot and killed his wife, three children, mother-in-law and then himself in an upscale home in a gated community, police said.

Fan use linked to lower risk of sudden baby death (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:43:09 GMT
AP - Using a fan to circulate air seemed to lower the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in a study of nearly 500 babies, researchers reported Monday. Placing babies on their backs to sleep is the best advice for preventing SIDS, a still mysterious cause of death.

R. Kelly seeks $3.4 million from tour promoter (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:44:31 GMT
AP - R. Kelly has won a $3.4 million award against his former tour promoter and is asking a Los Angeles judge to help him collect.

Red Sox beat Angels 3-2, move on to ALCS (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:35:48 GMT
AP - The Boston Red Sox brushed aside the 100-win Angels in four games, dismissing their best-in-baseball regular season as last month's news.

Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to ALCS (AP)
Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:41:01 GMT
AP - They rushed toward the mound, these remarkable Rays, and immediately formed a circle. Jumping together like fraternity brothers, they resembled party regulars in the postseason.