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Debate stakes higher for McCain; insults mount (yahoo! news)
AP - Running short on time, John McCain has the most riding on the second presidential debate, though Barack Obama will be out of his scripted comfort zone in the town hall-style confrontation. It could be ugly if Monday's tussling is any indication.

All About Ohio? Poll Sees Obama Ahead of McCain in Swing State (abc news)
Ditching Mich. may signal the beginning of the end for McCain in swing states.

Palin warns Florida voters of "rough" campaigning (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told Florida's voters on Monday to expect "rough" campaigning as she seeks to halt a slide in opinion polls in a state that could make or break Sen. John McCain's White House bid.

Palin warns Florida voters of "rough" campaigning (reuters)
Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin told Florida's voters on Monday to expect "rough" campaigning as she seeks to halt a slide in opinion polls in a state that could make or break Sen. John McCain's White House bid.

Palin's husband to answer questions in probe (cnn.com)
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's husband has agreed to answer written questions in the state Legislature's investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner, campaign officials said Monday.

McCain accuses Obama of lying (msnbc.com)
Republican John McCain on Monday called Democratic rival Barack Obama a liar as he leveled his harshest criticism yet, and said the campaign boils down to one question: Who is Obama really?

Obama awarded Illinois grants to relative's group (yahoo! news)
AP - As a state senator, Democrat Barack Obama awarded $75,000 in government grants to a Chicago social service organization led by a rabbi who is also his wife's cousin, records show.

NBC/WSJ poll: Obama's lead grows (msnbc.com)
Fueled by the candidates' responses to the current economic crisis , as well as their debate performances, Barack Obama has increased his lead over John McCain.

All About Ohio? Poll Sees Obama Surging Ahead of McCain in Swing State (abc news)
Ditching Mich. may signal the beginning of the end for McCain in swing states.

Dow dives below 10,000 on credit, recession fears (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks slid for a fourth straight day on Monday, leaving the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.

Dow Jones ends day below 10,000 (msnbc.com)
Wall Street suffered through another extraordinary and traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points.

Credit, recession fears slam Wall Street (reuters)
Stocks slid for a fourth straight day on Monday, leaving the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.

Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street suffered through another extraordinary and traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points � their largest one-day point drop � before recovering to close with a loss of 370. The catalyst for the selling, which also took the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, was investors' growing despair that the spreading credit crisis will take a heavy toll around the world.

Wall Street sinks on recession, credit fears (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Stocks slid for a fourth straight day on Monday, leaving the Dow below 10,000 for the first time in four years, on fears the global economy was hurtling into recession despite government efforts to contain the fast-spreading financial crisis.

Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off (yahoo! news)
AP - It has been another extraordinary and traumatic day on Wall Street, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points before closing with a loss of about 350.

Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off (yahoo! news)
AP - Wall Street suffered through another traumatic session Monday, with the Dow Jones industrials plunging as much as 800 points and setting a new record for a one-day point drop as investors despaired that the credit crisis would take a heavy toll around the world. The Dow also fell below 10,000 for the first time since 2004, and all the major indexes fell more than 7 percent.

Wall Street tumbles amid global sell-off (yahoo! news)
AP - Financial markets took a bleak view of the future Monday, seeing contagion in a credit crisis that threatens to cascade through economies globally despite government efforts to provide relief. The Dow Jones industrials skidded more than 500 points and fell below 10,000 for the first time in four years, while the credit markets remained under strain.

HIV, cancer researchers win Nobel (msnbc.com)
Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

Research on AIDS virus and cancer wins Nobel Medicine Prize (yahoo! news)
AFP - French and German scientists credited with the discovery of the viruses behind AIDS and cervical cancer won Monday the Nobel Medicine Prize, the first of the prestigious awards to be announced this year.

AIDS pioneers, cancer scientist win Nobel prize for medicine (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a cause of cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.

AIDS pioneers and cancer scientist win Nobel prize (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who bucked conventional wisdom to find a cause of cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine on Monday.

3 share Nobel prize for work on AIDS and cancer (yahoo! news)
AP - Three European scientists shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for separate discoveries of viruses that cause AIDS and cervical cancer, breakthroughs that helped doctors fight the deadly diseases.

AIDS pioneers, cancer researcher win Nobel prize (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.

AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.

AIDS pioneers, cancer researcher win Nobel prize (reuters)
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.

AIDS pioneers and cancer researcher win Nobel prize (reuters)
Two French scientists who discovered the AIDS virus and a German who found the virus that causes cervical cancer were awarded the 2008 Nobel prize for medicine or physiology on Monday.

Bus driver in fatal California crash is arrested (yahoo! news)
AP - A bus driver with a string of motor vehicle offenses and a history of substance abuse was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs Monday after his casino-bound charter bus ran into a ditch, killing eight people.

Bus driver in fatal California crash arrested (yahoo! news)
AP - The driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.

Bus driver in fatal California crash faces charges (yahoo! news)
AP - Police say the driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people is in critical condition and faces charges of driving under the influence.

Bus driver in fatal California crash is arrested (yahoo! news)
AP - The driver of a casino-bound charter bus that crashed and killed eight people was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs, the California Highway Patrol said Monday.

Bus Overturns in California, Killing 10 (abc news)
Bus overturns on its way to a casino in northern California, authorities say.

Bus Overturns in California., Killing 10 (abc news)
Bus overturns on its way to a casino in northern California, authorities say.

Bus with gamblers flips in California, 10 dead (yahoo! news)
A bus traveling to a casino in northern California ran off a rural road and overturned, killing at least 10 people, the San Francisco Chronicle and other media reported on Monday.

Bus overturns in northern California, killing 10 (yahoo! news)
AP - A charter bus traveling to a casino overturned in north-central California on Sunday, killing 10 people and injuring several others.

Bus Overturns in Northern California, Killing 10 (abc news)
10 dead after bus overturns on its way to a casino in northern California, authorities say

Rep. Waxman: Lehman had 'no accountability for failure' (yahoo! news)
AP - 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.

Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown (yahoo! news)
AP - Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday.

Lehman Bros head took home $300m (bbc news)
The head of failed US investment bank Lehman Brothers tells Congress he took home $300m (�172.6m) over the past eight years.

House panel decries Lehman bonuses (msnbc.com)
Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives, Congress was told Monday.

Rep. Waxman: Lehman had 'no accountability for failure' (yahoo! news)
AP - Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday.

Congress hears Lehman sought millions for execs (yahoo! news)
AP - Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a federal rescue, Congress was told Monday.

House panel grills Lehman chief (msnbc.com)
Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives, Congress was told Monday.

House panel grills Lehman chief (msnbc.com)
Congress heard Monday that Lehman Brothers, days away from becoming the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history, was pleading for a federal rescue on one hand while steering millions in dollars to departing executives on the other.

LIVE: Red Sox looking to clinch (foxsports.com)

LIVE: Red Sox try to clinch ALDS (foxsports.com)

Lowell replaced on Boston roster because of hip (yahoo! news)
AP - Third baseman Mike Lowell was remove from Boston's first-round postseason roster on Monday because of a right hip strain.

Lowell Replaced on Boston Roster Because of Hip (abc news)
Lowell taken off Red Sox postseason roster with hip injury; would miss next round

Lowell out of BoSox lineup with hip injury (foxsports.com)
Mike Lowell's sore right hip kept the World Series MVP out of Boston's starting lineup for Game 4 of the AL playoffs against the Los Angeles Angels on Monday night.The Red Sox led the series 2-1 after the Angels won 5-4 win in 12 innings Sunday night. Lowell, who has a torn labrum in his right hip, walked in the 10th inning. Alex Cora pinch ran for him."He's hurting today," Boston manager Terry Francona said.

Eye of the Storm on '09 GF, says Smith (abc sport)
Melbourne Storm captain Cam Smith says the disappointment of Sunday's grand final thrashing will inspire them to make a fourth straight decider in 2009.

Follow Game 4 of Rays-White Sox LIVE (foxsports.com)
Chicago's backs are up against the wall in Game 4 (LIVE). Fortunately for the White Sox, that's usually when they're at their best.

Follow Game 4 of Rays-White Sox LIVE (foxsports.com)
Chicago's backs are up against the wall in Game 4 (LIVE). Fortunately for the White Sox, that's when they're at their best.

LIVE: White Sox look to force Game 5 vs. Rays (foxsports.com)

Rays Top White Sox 6-2, Advance to Their 1st ALCS (abc news)
B.J. Upton homers twice as Rays beat White Sox 6-2 to advance to first AL championship series

Upton leads Tampa past Chicago 6-2 (foxsports.com)
Tampa Bay's rise from obscurity continues, as the Rays beat the ChiSox to win their first playoff series and clinch an ALCS spot.

No. 1 Sooners could be healed in time for Texas (yahoo! news)
Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops expects No. 1 Oklahoma to be at full strength this Saturday when the Sooners face fifth-ranked Texas in the annual Red River Rivalry game.

Westbrook has 2 broken ribs (yahoo! news)
All-Pro running back Brian Westbrook broke two ribs in the Eagles' 23-17 loss to Washington on Sunday, though he stayed in and finished the game.

Westbrook fractured two ribs against Redskins (yahoo! news)
Philadelphia Eagles running back Brian Westbrook fractured two ribs in the 23-17 defeat by the Washington Redskins.

Westbrook has fractured ribs; status in doubt (foxsports.com)
The Eagles may have lost more than a game in their 23-17 defeat at the hands of the Redskins on Sunday. They may have lost their star running back for this week's game against the 49ers.

Pack's Rodgers Expected to Play Sunday Vs. Seattle (abc news)
Packers QB Rodgers to miss more practice but expected to play Sunday against Seattle

Rodgers to be limited in practice, expects to play (foxsports.com)
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss practice time again this week but is expected to play at Seattle next Sunday.Packers coach Mike McCarthy said Monday he plans to have Rodgers on the field against the Seahawks despite the sprained right shoulder that nearly sidelined him for the 27-24 loss to Atlanta. Rodgers played through pain against the Falcons, and played well.

Pack's Rodgers expected to play Sunday vs. Seattle (yahoo! news)
Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers will miss practice time again this week but is expected to play at Seattle next Sunday.

Rodgers tough but Ryan shines as Falcons beat Pack (yahoo! news)
AP - Aaron Rodgers played hurt and played hard. But he was upstaged by Matt Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons.

Rodgers Tough but Ryan Shines as Falcons Beat Pack (abc news)
Aaron Rodgers shows toughness, but rookie Matt Ryan shines as Falcons beat Packers 27-24

Rodgers OK, but Falcons upset Packers anyway (foxsports.com)

Stocks tumble on credit, recession worry (reuters)
Stocks tumbled on Monday as investors feared that the widening fallout from the credit crisis will push the economy into recession.

Ask.com hopes to make search faster, more relevant (yahoo! news)
Assuming your company's name isn't a verb synonymous with looking things up online, how do you get Web surfers to not just try your search engine, but also frequent it?

ImClone set to be acquired by Eli Lilly: sources (reuters)
ImClone Systems Inc has agreed to be acquired by Eli Lilly and Co for about $6.1 billion after rebuffing a sweetened takeover offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb, sources familiar with the situation said on Monday.

Citi and Wells Fargo Try to Negotiate Wachovia Settlement (nyt > business)
Citigroup and Wells Fargo said that they had agreed to stop all court litigation in an effort to sort out their dispute over the acquisition of Wachovia.

Citi, Wells and Wachovia agree to legal 'standstill' (cnnmoney.com)
Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Wachovia agreed Monday to halt all litigation for two days in the bitter war over the ailing Wachovia.

Battle over Wachovia intensifies (bbc news)
US financial giant Citigroup sues Well Fargo and its takeover target Wachovia for $60bn (�34bn).

Citigroup sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo for $60B (yahoo! news)
AP - Citigroup Inc. said Monday it has filed a complaint in New York Supreme Court against Wachovia, Wells Fargo and the directors of both companies seeking more than $60 billion in damages for interfering with the bank's planned takeover of Wachovia's banking operations.

Citigroup Lays Out Wachovia Claims (nyt > business)
In a complaint filed in New York Supreme Court, Citigroup seeks a total of $60 billion in damages from Wachovia and Wells Fargo and their directors.

Citi files $60 billion Wachovia suit (latest financial new...)
Citigroup, whose planned purchase of Wachovia was scuttled by Wells Fargo, announced Monday it is seeking more than $60 billion from the banks, accusing them of interfering with its earlier purchase agreement.

Citi eyeing options to bolster Wachovia bid (yahoo! news)
Citigroup Inc is eyeing options to bolster its bid for Wachovia Corp including an offer for the entire bank, a person close to the bank said on Monday.

Citi sues Wachovia, Wells Fargo over deal: reports (marketwatch.com)
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Citigroup 'wanted' Wachovia rather than 'needed' it (marketwatch.com)
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Oil Prices Fall Below $90 a Barrel (nyt > business)
Oil prices fell below $90 a barrel for the first time since February, and weak global demand has prompted predictions of further drops.

Oil prices fall as financial turmoil goes global (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices sunk below $90 a barrel Monday for the first time in eight months, a key price support level, on expectations that a widening financial maelstrom will drastically reduce global demand for energy.

Oil tumbles to 10-month low below $88 (business and financi...)
Oil prices tumbled below $88 a barrel Monday, nearly a 10-month low, as banking turmoil in Europe exacerbated fears that a global economic slowdown will crimp demand for oil and gas.

Oil tumbles to 8-month low below $88 (business and financi...)
Oil prices tumbled below $88 a barrel Monday, an 8-month low, as banking turmoil in Europe exacerbated fears that a global economic slowdown will crimp demand for oil and gas.

Oil prices hit 8-month low (cbc)
Oil prices fell below $90 US a barrel for the first time since February on Monday as spreading European economic gloom threatens to curtail global demand for crude.

Oil sinks amid demand anxiety (latest financial new...)
Oil prices tumbled below $90 a barrel Monday, touching an 8-month low, as banking turmoil in Europe exacerbated fears that a global economic slowdown will crimp demand for oil and gas.

Oil slumps as overseas markets tumble (latest stock market ...)
The price of oil fell below $90 a barrel Monday, touching an 8-month low, as banking turmoil in Europe exacerbated fears that a global economic slowdown will crimp demand for oil and gas.

Oil drops below $90 on demand concerns (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Oil dropped more than $4 to below $90 a barrel on Monday on expectations the growing financial crisis will further slow already faltering global fuel demand.

Oil falls as financial turmoil goes global (yahoo! news)
AP - Oil prices broke beneath a key support level Monday, trading under $90 a barrel for the first time in eight months on expectations that a widening financial maelstrom will drastically reduce global demand for energy.

Fed to provide as much as $900B in loans to banks (yahoo! news)
AP - The Federal Reserve will provide as much as $900 billion in cash loans to squeezed banks in an urgent effort Monday to break through a dangerous credit clog that threatens the economy and has unhinged financial markets around the globe.

U.S. Fed makes an extra $150B cash available (cbc)
The U.S. Federal Reserve said Monday that it will raise the amount of cash loans it will make to banks so they, in turn, will increase loans to borrowers and open the blockage which is threatening to strangle economic growth.

Fed Takes Steps Under Bailout Bill (nyt > business)
The Federal Reserve said that it would begin paying interest on commercial banks? reserves and would expand its loan program to squeezed banks by billions of dollars.

Fed, Treasury take steps to confront financial crisis (yahoo! news)
AFP - The Federal Reserve and the US Treasury announced measures Monday to confront a rapidly escalating financial crisis under new emergency powers as panicked investors fled stock markets.

Fed pumps billions more into banks (cnnmoney.com)
The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it will increase by hundreds of billions of dollars the money it makes available to the nation's banks.

Fed pumps billions more into banks (latest financial new...)
The Federal Reserve announced Monday that it will make hundreds of billions more dollars available to the nation's banks in return for a wide range of troubled collateral.

Fed says it will pay interest on banks reserves (yahoo! news)
AP - The Federal Reserve said Monday it will begin paying interest on commercial banks' reserves and will expand its loan program to squeezed banks by billions of dollars, fresh steps to help ease a painful credit crisis.

Fed Takes Steps Given Under Bailout Bill (nyt > business)
The Federal Reserve said that it would begin paying interest on commercial banks? reserves and would expand its loan program to squeezed banks by billions of dollars.

Fed pumps billions more into banks (cnnmoney.com)
The Federal Reserve announced Monday it will double to $300 billion the amount of money it will make available to the nation's banks in return for a wide range of damaged collateral.

Lilly to Buy ImClone for $6.5 Billion (nyt > business)
The bid by Lilly for the biotechnology company beat out an offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb, which markets ImClone?s cancer drug Erbitux in the United States along with ImClone.

Eli Lilly to buy ImClone for more than $6B (yahoo! news)
Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to spend more than $6 billion to fortify its cancer treatment portfolio by acquiring the biotechnology firm ImClone Systems Inc. in a deal that tops earlier offers from competitor Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

Moody's may downgrade Eli Lilly on ImClone offer (marketwatch.com)
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Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for more than $6B (yahoo! news)
Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand Lilly's cancer treatment pipeline a few years before several patent expirations hit the drug maker.

Bristol-Myers: Will work with Lilly on ImClone R&D (marketwatch.com)
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Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for over $6B (yahoo! news)
Eli Lilly & Co. has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand Lilly's cancer treatment pipeline a few years before several patent expirations hit the drug maker.

Eli Lilly to Buy ImClone for $6.5 Billion (nyt > business)
The bid by Lilly for the biotechnology company beat out an offer from Bristol-Myers Squibb, which markets ImClone?s cancer drug Erbitux in the United States along with ImClone.

Eli Lilly agrees to buy ImClone for over $6B (yahoo! news)
The drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy biotechnology company ImClone Systems Inc. for more than $6 billion in a deal that would expand its pipeline of cancer treatments.

Eli Lilly pays $6B for ImClone (latest financial new...)
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House Panel Faults Lehman?s Leadership (nyt > business)
Even as Lehman Brothers pleaded for a federal bailout to save it from bankruptcy protection, it approved millions in bonuses for its departing executives, a Congressional committee was told.

Fuld blames 'crisis of confidence' (cnnmoney.com)
Former Lehman Brothers CEO Richard Fuld on Monday blamed the collapse of his firm on a "crisis of confidence" that spread throughout the banking sector.

Ex-Lehman CEO faces grilling (latest financial new...)
Richard Fuld, the former chief executive of failed finance firm Lehman Brothers, blames the collapse of his firm on a "crisis of confidence" that spread throughout the banking sector.

SEC, Fed aware of everything at Lehman: Fuld (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. federal banking regulators were aware of everything that was happening at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc in the months leading to the investment bank's collapse, Lehman chief executive Richard Fuld told a Congressional hearing on Monday.

SEC, Fed aware of everything at Lehman: Fuld (yahoo! news)
The disgraced head of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc told Congress on Monday that U.S. banking regulators knew exactly how Lehman was pricing its distressed assets and about its liquidity in the months before its collapse.

Fed help for Lehman could have helped markets: Fuld (marketwatch.com)
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Naked short selling helped bring Lehman down: Fuld (marketwatch.com)
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Ex-Lehman CEO faces grilling (latest financial new...)
Richard Fuld, the former chief executive of failed finance firm Lehman Brothers, faces a grilling on Monday by a House panel investigating the financial crisis.

The Road to Lehman?s Failure Was Littered With Lost Chances (nyt > business)
Richard S. Fuld Jr., the former chief executive, will discuss these lost opportunities in a Congressional hearing on Monday.