Congressional leaders and the Bush administration reached a tentative deal early today on a landmark bailout of imperiled financial markets whose collapse could plunge the nation into a deep recession.

King County's 5th Legislative District has long been a Republican stronghold. Democrats hope that changes come Election Day.

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to score a quickpost-debate advantage Saturday by traveling to two Republican-leaningstates and accusing GOP rival John McCain of being out of touch withmiddle-class Americans. "We talked about the economy for 40minutes and not once

A conservative columnist who welcomed Sarah Palin's entry in national politics now says she's proven to be a dud, and called on her to step aside as John McCain's running mate. Kathleen Parker, writing in the National Review Online, says

Police say five men were stabbed during a quarrel at a nightclub Sunday night in New York City. Two are in critical condition.Two of the men are in critical condition.

Fans from around the world on Saturday paid tribute to actor Paul Newman, who died of cancer a day earlier at the age of 83. InWestport, Conn., where his family has a property, his daughter Lissy,friends and acquaintances expressed sadness

The United Nations refugee agency says at least 52 Somalis have died after being adrift for 18 days in a broken smuggler boat. The boat was headed for Yemen on Sept. 3 when it broke down and was abandoned by

A battle over early voting in Ohio has brought a law passed by thatstate's Republican-controlled legislature three years ago to bechallenged by the GOP before a federal court, while a separate lawsuitbrought before the Republican-dominated Ohio Supreme Court is expectedto

Gasoline shortages hit towns across the southeastern U.S. this week, sparking panic buying, long lines and high prices at stations from the small towns of northeast Alabama to Charlotte in the wake of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. In Atlanta, half

As Democratic and Republican leaders hashed out a compromise to theBush administration's proposed $700 billion bailout of strugglingbanks, Americans took to the streets.

Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama spoke Sunday of supporting the tentative agreement reached by lawmakers on the Bush administration's bailout plan to help the economy recover. McCain said he hopes to support the deal, while Obama claimed credit

Sen. Judd Gregg, the chief Senate Republican in the bailout talks, announced in a press conference Sunday that Congressional leaders had drafted a bill based on the Bush administration's rescue plan. However, Gregg emphasized that the proposed bill is for

Fishermen moved boats to shelter from a rare burst of tropical weatheralong Maine's rugged Down East coast Sunday as Hurricane Kyle plowedpast on its way to Canada, threatening a glancing blow equivalent to aclassic nor'easter storm without the snow.

Demonstrators gathered Saturday in Anchorage to demand that Gov. SarahPalin keep her earlier pledge to cooperate with the corruption probeknow as Troopergate.

Minister of State Nassib Lahoud said Saturday the efforts of the Maronite League to bring various Christian groups together, "accompanied a new atmosphere of reconciliation in Lebanon." "I think that a major part of the tensions within the Christian community

Development and Liberation bloc MP Anwar Khalil warned in comments published Sunday that foreign parties might have "bad intensions" toward Lebanon. In an interview with Al-Anwar newspaper, Khalil said that he hoped all parties would continue their efforts to achieve

MP Michel Aoun, head of the Reform and Change parliamentary bloc, said Friday that reform should begin in the national legislature, which is the reason why he tried to introduce amendments to the electoral law. During a dinner organized by