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Pakistani tribesmen rise up against militants (AP)
AP - Pakistani tribesmen are raising armies to battle al-Qaida and Taliban militants close to the Afghan border — a movement encouraged by the military and hailed as a sign its offensive there is succeeding.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:41:40 GMT

Nations that use euro plan to guarantee bank debt (AP)

British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, speaks to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, during the financial crisis summit gathering Eurogroup heads of state and government at the Elysee Palace in Paris Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. Countries that use the euro will temporarily guarantee future bank debt to encourage lending and ease the credit crunch, according to a draft statement under discussion by European leaders Sunday. (AP Photo/Charles Platiau, Pool)

AP - Countries that use the euro will temporarily guarantee future bank debt to encourage lending and ease the credit crunch, according to a draft statement under discussion by European leaders Sunday.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:06:01 GMT

NKorea announces plan to resume nuclear disabling (AP)

This Aug. 13, 2002 file photo is a satellite image provided by Space Imaging Asia of the Yongbyon Nuclear Center, located north of Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea announced Thursday Oct. 6, 2008 that it is preparing to restart the facility that produced its atomic bomb, clearly indicating that it plans to completely pull out of an international deal to end its nuclear program. North Korea told the International Atomic Energy Agency that it was stopping the process of disabling its main nuclear site and barring international inspectors from the Yongbyon facility, the agency said. (AP Photo/Space Imaging Asia, File)

AP - North Korea said Sunday it will resume disabling its key nuclear complex after the U.S. dropped the country from a terrorism blacklist — a breakthrough expected to help energize stalled talks aimed at ending the country's atomic ambitions.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 18:22:58 GMT

US game designer blasts into space with DNA cargo (AP)

U.S. space tourist Richard Garriott, crew member of the 18th mission to the International Space Station (ISS), gestures prior to the launch of Soyuz-FG rocket at the Russian leased Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)

AP - An American computer game designer reached space Sunday, fulfilling a long-deferred childhood dream that began with the flight of his astronaut father.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 16:08:46 GMT

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Texas jumps to No. 1 in AP Top 25 (AP)
Texas rode its resounding Red River Rivalry upset right to No. 1. The Longhorns leapfrogged No. 2 Alabama on Sunday and sit atop The Associated Press Top 25 in the regular season for the first time in 24 years after beating Oklahoma 45-35. Texas' jump to No. 1 is the largest since Miami went from No. 6 to No.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:18:32 PDT

Golf great Ballesteros has brain tumor (AP)
Seve Ballesteros has a brain tumor and will undergo a biopsy Tuesday. The five-time major winner announced the news Sunday in a statement issued by Madrid's La Paz Hospital. It was unknown whether the tumor was benign or malignant. The 51-year-old golfing great was admitted to a hospital for tests after briefly losing consciousness last week.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:37:44 PDT

Colts lose RB Addai to hamstring injury (AP)
Indianapolis running back Joseph Addai left in the first quarter of Sunday's game against the Baltimore Ravens with a hamstring injury. Addai limped off the field after a 2-yard gain on the first play of the Colts' second series. His return was questionable. Addai entered the game as the Colts' leader with 213 yards rushing and four touchdowns.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 11:12:15 PDT

Rays beat Red Sox 9-8 in 11 to even ALCS (AP)
B.J. Upton and the Tampa Bay Rays won a game of home run derby with a shallow fly ball. Pinch-runner Fernando Perez dashed home on Upton's sacrifice fly in the 11th inning and the Rays outlasted the Boston Red Sox 9-8 early Sunday, evening the AL championship series at one game each. The teams combined for seven home runs, tying a postseason record.

Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:35:41 PDT

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European leaders ready bank support plan (Reuters)

General view of the leaders of the euro zone countries attending a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris October 12, 2008. France's President Nicolas Sarkozy and leaders of euro zone countries hold an emergency meeting in Paris to agree on specific, pan-European measures to prop up the battered financial sector and halt market panic. (Charles Platiau/Reuters)

Reuters - European governments are ready to help banks weather the financial crisis by guaranteeing some of their lending and other measures, according to a document being discussed by leaders trying to stem panic on markets.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:32:27 GMT

Bankruptcy financing gets pricier and more elusive (Reuters)
Reuters - Financing is getting pricier and more elusive for companies that file for bankruptcy.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:04:23 GMT

Financial markets near complete freeze (Reuters)
Reuters - Investors will be seeing this week whether policymakers found a way to pull markets away from a deeper collapse as global capital markets faced complete freeze-up.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:06:53 GMT

Wall St Week Ahead: For stocks, high anxiety still rules (Reuters)

An American flag hangs over the exterior of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, October 9, 2008. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 678.91 points on the trading session Thursday to finish at 8579.19 closing below 9,000 for the first time since 2003. (Mike Segar/Reuters)

Reuters - High anxiety on Wall Street won't subside this week as the deepening credit crunch pushes the global economy into recession, and corporate profits increasingly become an afterthought as investors scramble to raise enough cash to weather the credit crisis.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:41:55 GMT

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Paulson: Protectionist policies won't solve crisis (AP)

IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn and World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick, right, speak before the Development Committee meeting at International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

AP - Appealing for global unity in a time of crisis, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that isolationism and protectionism do not offer a way to contain the spreading damage. He expressed concern about the fallout on poor countries.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 17:17:20 GMT

Palin has mixed record as fiscal conservative (AP)

Republican vice presidential candidate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin waves as she arrives for a campaign rally in Johnstown, Pa., Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

AP - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, bills herself as a fiscal conservative. But her record looks little like the classic conservative who favors less government and lower taxes.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 19:24:25 GMT

"I Love You, but I'm Not in Love with You." Aaarrrrrgggh. (Dear Margo)
Dear Margo - DEAR MARGO: I am a 23-year-old woman who is dating a 47-year-old man.

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 06:00:00 GMT

Clintons campaigning for Obama-Biden in Pa. (AP)

Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y.,speaks during a campaign rally in support of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 outside the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. (AP Photo/Mike Wintroath)

AP - When Bill and Hillary Clinton take the stage Sunday at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, it will be the launch of an active campaign for their former nemesis Barack Obama in the home stretch of the 2008 presidential race.

Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:30:46 GMT

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