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U.S. nears rescue plan for Fannie, Freddie: The government has prepared a plan to take control of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, officials told the two companies, according to three sources familiar with the conversations. ›00:36 7 Sep, Sun
Video: Feds to seize Fannie, Freddie: Sept. 6: The government is expected to announce it is taking control of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, potentially costing taxpayers billions of dollars. NBCs George Lewis reports.(Nightly News) ›00:46 7 Sep, Sun
Cops hunt speedy skateboarder: Police are trying to track down a man filmed riding a skateboard down a steep stretch of highway at 62 mph, far above the speed limit. ›11:30 3 Sep, Wed
Stocks close mixed after bleak jobless data: Wall Street wrestled with economic worries, extending sharp losses after a bleak jobs report and then engaging in some mild bargain hunting that gave the market some modest gains. ›22:19 5 Sep, Fri
Capital Sources: Mike Huckabee, Unplugged: The former Arkansas governor struggles to raise money, lags behind the GOP presidential front runners in the polls and has been maligned by Bushs former counsel. Why he keeps on keepin on. ›18:16 11 Oct, Thu
Video: A first-hand account of the changing North Pole: Sept. 6: We've been hearing for some time about the rapidly thinning ice in the Arctic Ocean. ITN's Phil Reay-Smith reports on a man who wanted to see for himself just how much the North Pole has changed.(Nightly News) ›01:11 7 Sep, Sun
Hurricane Ike strikes fear: Tropical Storm Hanna accelerated toward New England on Saturday after the storm's whipping winds and rain in the Southeast. ›00:04 7 Sep, Sun
Where home prices may actually ... rise?: Believe it or not, in the future people will be buying and selling homes. Some of them will even make a profit. ›17:23 5 Sep, Fri
Google is world's most powerful 10-year-old: When Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google Inc. on Sept. 7, 1998, they had little more than their ingenuity, four computers and an investor's $100,000 bet on their belief that an Internet search engine could change the world. ›16:39 5 Sep, Fri
Obama, McCain campaign on economy: Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain entered the final eight-week stretch run to election day with competing appeals to working-class voters in key swing states that could decide the outcome of the race. ›19:58
Beyond hotels: Accomodations for the budget-minded: Budget-minded travelers have plenty of ways to save money and take trips. ›13:45 4 Sep, Thu
Palins pipeline exists but only on paper: A long-delayed natural gas pipeline championed by Gov. Sarah Palin that would carry supplies from Alaska to Canada and then to the lower 48 states exists in concept only and is years away from fruition. ›23:28 4 Sep, Thu
Cuba declines U.S. disaster team: Cuba declined a U.S. offer to send a disaster assessment team after Hurricane Gustav, saying it would rather Washington suspend restrictions on travel and sale of food and other materials. ›01:55 7 Sep, Sun
Germany pays $20,000 to Afghan victims: Germany's Der Spiegel magazine says the Defense Ministry has paid a total of $20,000 to the families of three Afghan civilians killed last month at a security checkpoint. ›22:59
Mortgage giants were blind to bubble: Mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac despite their robust cadre of economists and mortgage experts failed to heed warnings that the housing bubble would burst. ›22:56
Bill Gates Answers Your Questions: The Microsoft co-founder and leading philanthropist answers selected reader questions in this exclusive NEWSWEEK forum. ›22:02 9 Oct, Tue
Cross-dressing thief leaves fake breast: Police in Port St. Lucie are on the lookout for a cross-dressing man who snatched a 74-year-old woman's purse. As if that weren't odd enough, they're depending on a strange clue. ›19:42 3 Sep, Wed
Larry Craig, Hall of Famer: Not even a sex-sting arrest and an on-again, off-again guilty plea can keep Idahos senior senator from induction into the pantheon of Gem State greats. ›17:40 12 Oct, Fri
'Mercenary is a Slanderous Term': The founder of Blackwater defends himselfand his company. ›03:32 13 Oct, Sat
World Blog: Pakistanis worry about Zardari rule: Asif Ali Zardari, widower of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, is poised to win Pakistans presidency Saturday. But critics say he is too corrupt to turn this reeling nation around. ›16:17 5 Sep, Fri
Suspect dies in Ill. bank standoff: Gov. Sarah Palin's church is promoting a conference that promises to convert gays into heterosexuals through the power of prayer. ›00:02
Q&A: Shawn Hornbecks Parents: The parents of kidnap victim Shawn Hornbeck speak out on the sentencing of their sons tormentor and the status of the boys recovery. ›20:50 12 Oct, Fri
Schein's Week 1 NFL picks: The star-studded Cowboys kick off Week 1 against Cleveland, and Adam Schein says the Browns aren't quite ready for prime time. ›00:08 07 Sep, Sun
Using stolen card? Sign somebody else's name: Iowa City police say they didn't have much trouble finding a man accused of using a stolen credit card he signed his own name to the receipts. ›03:02 4 Sep, Thu
