AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is scheduled to meet with Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week in New York, campaign officials for GOP nominee John McCain confirmed Saturday.

AP - McCain says Fed shouldn't bail out failing financial institutions ... Obama backs 'broad authority' to deal with credit, no details ... Investigator: Palin probe to conclude before election ... Biden calls for end of 'cowboy mentality' on Wall Street ... Poll: When it comes to watching football, more would hang with Obama than McCain — by a nose

Reuters - Republican nominee John McCain, seeking a lift in the U.S. presidential race, proposed stricter Wall Street regulation on Friday and assailed Democrat Barack Obama for not offering a plan to deal with the financial crisis.

AP - Rep. Charles Rangel wrote six checks for about $10,800 in back taxes, and then penned an open letter to New Yorkers Friday, saying he has done nothing dishonorable and is the target of a GOP "guerrilla war."

AP - McCain says Fed shouldn't bail out failing financial institutions ... Poll: When it comes to watching football, more would hang with Obama than McCain — by a nose ... McCain, Obama campaigns target each other's economic advisers in latest television ads

AFP - US government measures to rid financial institutions of bad assets could add up to one trillion dollars, Republican Senator Richard Shelby said Friday.

AP - Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin said she expects a challenging debate next month when she faces a Democratic opponent who was elected to the Senate when she was 8 years old.

AP - Republican John McCain, buffeted by criticism about his response to Wall Street's financial problems, said Thursday he would fire the SEC chairman and create a special trust to help strengthen weak institutions.

AFP - John McCain's campaign Thursday refused to say whether the Republican candidate would welcome Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero -- the leader of a key NATO ally -- to his White House.