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Top Headline Stories

A coral reef endures against the odds published on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:43:33 GMT

In an age when such environmental stresses are killing off coral reefs worldwide, the reefs at Kenting National Park in Taiwan are doing surprisingly well. Scientists would like to know why.

Democrats dig into McCain's role in a financial scandal of the 1980s published on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 21:43:33 GMT

Both sides turning increasingly negative, with Palin leading the charge for Republicans

Obama and McCain describe differences on Iraq policy published on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:15:57 GMT

Obama and McCain offered conflicting visions of how to shrink the American military presence in Iraq, the best way to encourage further political progress there and what it would mean to succeed after more than five years of war.

McCain-Obama debate schedule published on Mon, 06 Oct 2008 17:40:38 GMT

The second of three debates will be broadcast live around the world.

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Top Financial News

Dollar rises against euro but sinks against yen (CNNMoney.com) published on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:27:00 Etc/GMT

The dollar continued to rally against European currencies Monday but plummeted more than 4% to hit a 6-month low against the Japanese yen, as the credit crisis spreads around the globe.

FDIC head promises no taxpayer cost in borrowing (AP) published on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 22:00:13 Etc/GMT

Amid ebbing public confidence in banks, the head of the FDIC promises there will be no cost to taxpayers if the agency needs to borrow from Treasury to cover the new increase in the federal deposit insurance limit to $250,000.

Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown (AP) published on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:54:51 Etc/GMT

The now-bankrupt investment bank Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned Monday, as Congress began investigating what went so wrong on Wall Street to prompt a $700 billion government bailout.

Dow finishes below 10,000 for first time since '04 (AP) published on Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:48:27 Etc/GMT

Wall Street joined in a worldwide cascade of despair Monday over the financial crisis, driving the Dow Jones industrials to their biggest loss ever during a trading day. Even a big afternoon rally failed to keep the Dow from its first close below 10,000 since 2004.

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