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  1. The current amount of the U.S. national debt is shown on the National Debt Clock in New York, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008. In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the billboard-style clock near Times Square has been switched to a figure — the '1' in $10 trillion. It's marking the federal government's current debt at about $10.2 trillion. (AP Photos/Bebeto Matthews)
    Debt clock draws confused looks, anger or nothing AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:45 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.9

    NEW YORK - A watched clock never moves — unless it's the National Debt Clock.

  2. File photo shows the logo of American International Group (AIG) at their offices in New York September 18, 2008. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)
    AIG knew of potential problems in valuing swaps: report Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 2:32 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top executives at American International Group Inc knew of potential problems in valuing derivatives contracts, known as credit default swaps, long before questions about the risky transactions caused its stock to plummet, the Wall Street Journal said, citing documents released by congressional investigators.

  3. A man stands outside the NASDAQ Market Site as the televised speech by U.S. President George W. Bush is broadcasted in New York October 10, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)
    Exploring the worst-case scenario Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 3:10 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The global economy is drawing closer to a dangerous downward spiral and time may be running out for world leaders to find a way to stop it before it inflicts lasting damage.

  4. Wales rides a coal renaissance AP - Sun Oct 12, 11:17 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    CWMGRACH, Wales - Deep under a pine-covered mountain, men clamber into red overalls and heavy boots, strap on lamps and attach sensors that check gas levels.

  5. ADVANCE FOR MONDAY OCT. 13; graphic shows percentage of Americans by the value of their debt;
    Is the era of easy credit over for the long haul? AP - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.7

    An inflatable gorilla beckoned from the roof of Don Brown Chevrolet in St. Louis, servers doled out free bowls of pasta and a salesman urged potential customers to "come on up under the canopy and put your hands on" a new set of wheels.

  6. Residents react after arriving at a crime scene where a relative was gunned down in the border city of Ciudad Juarez in this August 22, 2008 file photo. (Tomas Bravo/Files/Reuters)
    WITNESS: Life in Mexico's deadliest drug war city Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:09 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.8

    Ignacio Alvarado, 40, is a freelance investigative reporter and Reuters contributor in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez where he was born and now lives with his wife and two children. He has been a journalist for 20 years -- seven in Mexico City, the rest in Ciudad Juarez.

  7. British soldiers fill up the entrenchment of an Iraqi army camp with soil in Karmat Ali, northeast of Basra, 550 km (342 miles) south of Baghdad April 13, 2008. (Atef Hassan/Reuters)
    Iraq says time for British troops to go: report Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:31 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.7

    LONDON (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was quoted on Monday as saying it was time for British combat forces to leave the south of the country because they were no longer needed to maintain security and control.

  8. Bankruptcy financing gets pricier and more elusive Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 10:04 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financing is getting pricier and more elusive for companies that file for bankruptcy.

  9. Ampoules containing a medium for stem cell storage are displayed at the UK Stem Cell Bank in north London, May 19, 2004. Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by 'sprinkling' a chemical onto the cells. (Peter Macdiarmid/Reuters)
    Researchers find easier way to make stem cells Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 1:03 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Researchers trying to find ways to transform ordinary skin cells into powerful stem cells said on Sunday they found a shortcut by "sprinkling" a chemical onto the cells.

  10. Financial markets near complete freeze Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 11:06 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    LONDON (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.

  11. Former parliamentary speaker Mehdi Karoubi speaks with journalists while attending news conference in Tehran October 12, 2008. The leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term. The backdrop reads, 'I wouldn't want to survive, should Iran not do so'. (Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters)
    Leading Iran reformist to run in 2009 presidency vote Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:23 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    TEHRAN (Reuters) - A leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term.

  12. Beth Hanna picks through the sand and muck and debris Friday, Oct. 10, 2008 trying to recover any of her salvageable belongs after her Crystal Beach, Texas home was completely destroyed last month by Hurricane Ike. Hanna is slowly picking and digging through every bit of her property. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)
    Recovery, ruin visible in Texas a month after Ike AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:10 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    GALVESTON, Texas - A month later, piles of Sheetrock, appliances, furniture and family mementos dot most streets in this island town. Electronic road signs in southeast Texas flash, "Watch for cows next 20 miles," a reminder that few fences remain to hem in livestock. Blue tarps cover 11,000 roofs for 100 miles from Houston to the Louisiana line.

  13. Atlanta Falcon place kicker Jason Elam, left, celebrates with holder Michael Koenen after kicking a 48-yard field goal as time expired to give the Falcons a 22-20 win over the Chicago Bears in an NFL football game in Atlanta, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
    Elam makes up for miss, gives Falcons unlikely win AP - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago Avg. Rating: 4.6

    ATLANTA - Jason Elam made the most of his second chance, kicking a 48-yard field goal on the final play to give the Atlanta Falcons a stunning 22-20 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sunday.

  14. U.S. General David McKiernan, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan, speaks during a joint press conference with Afghan deputy defense minister Gen. Mohammad Akram, not seen, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. The head of the NATO-led force in Afghanistan on Sunday said Taliban militants launched a surprise attack on a key southern Afghan town, sparking a battle that killed about 60 insurgents. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)
    Top general: NATO not losing Afghan war AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:04 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    KABUL, Afghanistan - The top NATO general in Afghanistan on Sunday rejected the idea that NATO is losing the Afghanistan war to an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency.

  15. A Wachovia sign on its ATM is seen inside a branch in New York October 8, 2008. (Lucas Jackson/Reuters)
    Wells Fargo wins Fed approval on Wachovia bid Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 6:06 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Sunday gave its stamp of approval to the takeover of Wachovia Corp by Wells Fargo & Co of San Francisco, which had battled New York-based Citigroup for ownership of the wounded bank.

  16. An Iraqi stock trader reacts in front of Iraq's stock exchange board, in Baghdad, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq stock exchange is enjoying a boom. The ISX index has soared 20 percent since September, boosted by huge growth in the hotel sector as investors grow increasingly confident about recent security gains. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
    Insulated from global woes, Iraqi stocks soar AP - Sun Oct 12, 3:13 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.5

    BAGHDAD - While the rest of the world is facing a financial meltdown, the Iraq Stock Exchange is booming.

  17. Iraqi children gather as British soliders patrol Khor al-Zubar village, southeast of the southern city of Basra, in September. British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a newspaper interview published here Monday.(AFP/File/Essam al-Sudani)
    Iraqi PM says British no longer needed for security AFP - Sun Oct 12, 9:07 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.6

    LONDON (AFP) - British troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said in a newspaper interview published here Monday.

  18. A tribesman shows damaged belongings at a site of a missile attack on the outskirts of Miranshah, near the Afghan border, October 12, 2008. Suspected U.S. drones fired two missiles on Saturday into a Pakistani region regarded as a safe haven for al Qaeda and Taliban militants, killing at least five insurgents, residents and an intelligence official said. REUTERS/Haji Mujtaba (PAKISTAN)
    Pakistani tribesmen rise up against militants AP - Sun Oct 12, 12:41 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - 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.

  19. Ohio shooting puts face on foreclosure crisis AP - Sun Oct 12, 2:03 PM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    AKRON, Ohio - She shot herself in the chest Oct. 1 before she could be taken away from the foreclosed house, which was worth less than its mortgage from the day she took out the loan.

  20. Environmentalists slam Bush "fox-in-henhouse" plan Reuters - Sun Oct 12, 8:42 AM ET Avg. Rating: 4.4

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Bush administration plan to let U.S. agencies decide for themselves whether their actions put wildlife at risk is drawing fire from environmental groups, which say this is like letting a fox guard a henhouse.

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