U.S., bankers rework bailout plan; stocks surge (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:54:14 GMT
AP - The Bush administration plans to greatly expand protections for the U.S. banking system out of deep concern for the faltering economy, an industry official said Monday night after banking executives and top federal officials met to revamp the largest bailout plan in the nation's history. President Bush was to announce the expansion Tuesday morning.

Manic Monday: Dow roars back from worst week ever (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:21:32 GMT
AP - Wall Street stormed back after its worst week ever and staged the biggest single-day stock rally since the Great Depression on Monday, catapulting the Dow Jones industrials to a 936-point gain and finally offering relief from eight consecutive days of stock market carnage.

McCain: Lewis' remarks on campaign tone are unfair (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:28:02 GMT
AP - John McCain said Monday that it was unfair for Rep. John Lewis to compare the negative tone of the Republican presidential campaign to the atmosphere a segregationist fostered in the 1960s.

Fla. congressman seeks probe after affair reports (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:20:45 GMT
AP - Democratic U.S. Rep. Tim Mahoney on Monday called for an ethics investigation of himself amid reports that he had an affair and then paid the woman to keep her quiet.

Levi Johnston speaks out about Bristol Palin, baby (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:19:34 GMT
AP - Levi Johnston, who's having a baby with Gov. Sarah Palin's daughter, can't believe all the things he's hearing. No, he wasn't held against his will on the campaign trail. No, he's not being forced into a shotgun wedding with 17-year-old Bristol Palin.

Second out-of-state teen abandoned at Omaha hospital (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:18:26 GMT
AP - A Michigan mother drove roughly 12 hours to Omaha, so she could abandon her 13-year-old son at a hospital under the state's unique safe-haven law, Nebraska officials said Monday.

Wildfires force frantic evacuations near LA; 2 die (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:30:46 GMT
AP - Two huge wildfires driven by strong Santa Ana winds burned into neighborhoods near Los Angeles on Monday, forcing frantic evacuations on smoke- and traffic-choked highways, destroying homes and causing at least two deaths.

Doctor orders Janet Jackson to postpone tour (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:16:14 GMT
AP - The doctor has again ordered Janet Jackson to postpone a return to her "Rock Witchu" tour. Jackson was scheduled to resume her tour Monday night at the Turning Stone Resort in New York after canceling a show over the weekend in Connecticut. A message posted on the resort and casino's Web site stated the show had been canceled at the advice of Jackson's doctor.

Prosthetic eye gives horse a shot at show career (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 20:51:35 GMT
AP - A miniature horse has been given a second chance for a career as a show horse — thanks to a prosthetic eye. The 65-pound horse, named KBuck, was born June 1 at Lil Chums Miniature Horse Farm in Lawton and lost its eye a few days after birth. Owner Kelsey Chumbley, 12, said she suspects the young horse was the victim of a swift kick from its mother.

Rangers prospect dies during game in Russia (AP)
Mon, 13 Oct 2008 23:18:07 GMT
AP - Alexei Cherepanov, a 19-year-old first-round draft pick of the New York Rangers, died Monday during a Continental Hockey League game in Russia. Former Rangers captain Jaromir Jagr played a shift with Cherepanov and was talking to his young Avangard Omsk teammate on the bench shortly after they left the ice, when Cherepanov suddenly collapsed, said a Rangers spokesman who talked to Jagr.