AP - Small details matter to rancher Ed Tinsley, the Republican nominee in the 2nd Congressional District race.

Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama welcomed a global cut in lending rates on Wednesday, keeping the focus of their bruising White House race on remedies for the ailing economy.

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

AP - The wiretaps have been played, the cabin photos have been viewed and the last government witness against Sen. Ted Stevens will soon step down. Now prosecutors must persuade the judge not to abort the corruption trial and dismiss charges against the longest serving GOP senator.

AP - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says a second economic stimulus plan is needed now because of the faltering economy and she puts the price at $150 billion.

U.S. News & World Report - Dropping poll numbers, the increase in contested GOP states, and a lack of time to turn around the presidential election are leading to a deep concern among Republicans and inside John McCain's campaign that the Arizona senator won't be able to scratch back against Sen. Barack Obama by Election Day.

AP - With the presidential election less than a month away and the economy reeling, House Democratic leaders on Tuesday unveiled a proposal to reduce the gases blamed for global warming from power plants, transportation and factories by 80 percent come 2050.

Reuters - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama battled over the best way to help struggling U.S. workers on Tuesday in a sometimes tense presidential debate that highlighted a wide gap in their economic approaches.

AP - Days after it got a federal bailout, American International Group Inc. spent $440,000 on a posh California retreat for its executives, complete with spa treatments, banquets and golf outings, according to lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown.

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.

AP - Prosecutors have begun winding down their case against Sen. Ted Stevens after playing secretly recorded conversations between two of his friends about the work one did on the lawmaker's Alaska cabin.