AP - Barack Obama on Sunday proposed up to a 50-percent tax credit for small businesses providing health insurance to their employees, a program he hopes has special appeal to Hispanics and other minority groups struggling for a toehold in the U.S. economy.

AP - John McCain says he intends to reverse a trend that other politicians from Arizona have faced in running for president.

AP - John McCain says he has earned the trust of Hispanic voters by championing an immigration reform bill that nearly killed his presidential bid.

AP - Barack Obama mourned the death of nine U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan on Sunday, even as he said John McCain's numerous visits to the region don't leave the Republican better equipped to deal with its volatility as president.

AP - So how old is John McCain? Six-packs, automatic transmissions and the American Express card were all introduced after he was born, not to mention computers which McCain admits he doesn't use.

AFP - Britain pledged Saturday to return to the UN Security Council over Zimbabwe if there is no quick end to violence after a bid to pass sanctions against Robert Mugabe was vetoed by Russia and China.

AP - Confronted by record foreclosures, the Federal Reserve is ready to give home buyers more protection from the types of shady lending practices that have contributed to the housing crisis.

AFP/File - In the political white heat of the US presidential race, the truth cannot set a candidate free, it can only get them into trouble.

Politico - California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said in an interview aired Sunday that he would be open to the idea of serving as energy czar in a Barack Obama administration.

AP - A top economic surrogate for Republican presidential candidate John McCain doesn't think people are paying much attention to what people like her have to say.

AP - For more than three decades, the National Governors' Association has assembled on presidential election years as one of its members made a bid for the White House — a Carter or a Reagan, a Dukakis, a Clinton or a Bush.