YouTube` gunman kills nine

Obama is ahead of McCain, 49-46 percent in Virginia but his lead is a fragile one as voters in the state continue to view McCain as the better candidate to handle terrorism.

Lawmakers voted unanimously to override the governor's veto, enacting a bill into law that bans politicians from accepting donations from anyone with state contracts worth $50,000 or more. The law takes effect the first day next year.

Eleven-year-old Daxx Dalton was suspended by officials at Aurora Frontier K-8 School for wearing the homemade shirt. Students had been asked to go to school wearing red, white and blue to show their patriotism.

We must not relent until our people are safe from this threat to our civilization," Bush was quoted by CNN as saying in his speech before the organization he once said was in danger of "irrelevance."

A new Quinnipiac University/Wall Street Journal/Washingtonpost survey said on Tuesday that Obama has a narrow lead over Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in four key battleground states: Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Light trading volume told the tale; investors are waiting for approval of the $700 billion bailout plan before putting money to work. Only 1.2 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, its lightest volume in days.

In a 30-second ad titled "Mum," an announcer says, "In crisis, experience matters. McCain and his Congressional allies led. Tough rules on Wall Street. Stop CEO rip-offs. Protect your savings and pensions."

The Airport Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old Loveday Erondu at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos for allegedly impersonating a police inspector and forging police documents.

State first witness to testify in the trial of the nine Ghanaian crew members on board 'The Blue Atlantic' with 92 barrels of narcotic drugs that were intercepted on the Liberian waters told the court that when the drugs were

Grand Bassa County Senator Nathaniel Innis has been finally been indicted for aggravated assault. He was indicted Monday by the grand jury of Montserrado County sitting at the Criminal Court "A" at the Temple of Justice in Monrovia.

A group of Bong County citizens under the banner of the Fuamah Citizens Union are calling on the government to use the outcome of the forensic audit conducted into the Fuamah District Escrow Account by the General Auditing Commission as

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Nomura Holdings said Tuesday it will buy Lehman Brothers' operations in Europe and the Middle East, sharply raising its global presence after acquiring the fallen Wall Street titan's Asian side.

UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - World leaders called for urgent steps to tackle the global financial crisis and said the time had come for a sweeping reform of multilateral institutions, including the UN Security Council.

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The government economic rescue plan presented by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is "not acceptable" in its current state, Senate Banking Committee chairman Christopher Dodd said Tuesday.

KAUHAJOKI, Finland (AFP) - A masked student went on the rampage at a Finnish school Tuesday, methodically gunning down 10 people before turning the weapon on himself, a day after police quizzed him over a chilling YouTube warning.

Internet search giant Google on Tuesday unveiled its first foray into the global mobile phone market, introducing the T-Mobile G1, informally known as the "Google phone," that could rival Apple's iPhone and expand mobile Internet browsing and advertising.

In his eighth and final address to the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, President Bush said that multinational organizations are now "needed more urgently than ever" to combat terrorists and extremists.

Fed chief Ben Bernanke and Treasury chief Henry Paulson urged Congress Tuesday to move quickly on a proposed $700 billion financial sector bailout plan.

The resignations leave nominated interim president, Kgalema Montlanthe, who has never served in government, with a sharp dearth of people with experience in government to run Africa's richest and most powerful nation."