AFP - World stock markets tumbled for a second straight day on Tuesday, with investors unnerved by the risk of a full-blown global financial crisis despite huge cash injections from central banks.
Reuters - A major study links a
chemical used in many plastic products including baby bottles
to human problems such as heart disease and diabetes, while
U.S. regulators on Tuesday said they still believe it is safe.
Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives is
expected to vote on Tuesday on a comprehensive energy package
that would open most of the U.S. coastline to offshore
drilling, a Democratic aide said on Monday.
Reuters - The Bush administration has
intensified efforts to send more security detainees from
Guantanamo Bay to their own countries but hopes are very dim of
closing the prison by year-end, senior U.S. officials say.
Reuters - President George W. Bush on
Tuesday toured the island of Galveston, which bore the brunt of
Hurricane Ike's devastation, and pledged swift federal aid for
millions of storm-struck Texans as the energy hub of Houston
struggled to recover.
Reuters - U.S. defence chiefs visited Afghanistan
and Pakistan on Tuesday amid growing fears that American-led
forces are failing to crush a rising Taliban insurgency, and
anger in Pakistan over U.S. cross-border raids.
Reuters - Republican presidential nominee John
McCain said on Tuesday he would set up a commission like the
one that investigated the September 11 attacks to study what
led to the current U.S. financial crisis and offer solutions.
Reuters - Speculation about a possible
rescue of American International Group Inc held Wall Street in
its grip on Tuesday as disappointing quarterly results from
Goldman Sachs Group Inc added to the gloom.
Reuters - The Federal Reserve held U.S.
interest rate steady on Tuesday, opting to soothe rattled
financial markets with central bank lending and saying it was
worried both about economic weakness and price pressures.
AP - Trafalgar Square routinely serves as a stage for mimes, jugglers and other acts, but the tourist attraction drew an exceptionally curious crowd Tuesday when the shortest man who can walk met the woman with the longest legs.
AP - How does Barack Obama lure wealthy donors to a big-money fundraiser in Hollywood? Bring in Barbra Streisand as the headline performer. The Oscar-winning singer and actress was to perform Tuesday night on Obama's behalf in Beverly Hills.
AP - Katherine Graden doesn't really like shoot-'em-up video games. She prefers games on her Wii system that test her fitness and agility — the ones her guy friends tease are her "sissy games."
AP - With scientists at odds over the safety of a chemical found in plastic baby bottles, metal cans and other food packaging, consumers got minimal guidance Tuesday about how to protect themselves.
