WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials called for a "forceful and coordinated" global response to the credit crisis Monday as financial market confidence cratered despite another heavy dose of central bank lending. Read more »

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. House Friday passed a landmark $700 billion financial industry bailout bill, sending it now to President Bush, who is expected to sign it into law. Read more »

ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Republican Sarah Palin and Democrat Joe Biden clashed on the economy and Iraq during a lively but polite debate Thursday, and aimed the most criticism at their rivals at the top of the ticket. Read more »

NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate approved a $700 billion bailout of the financial industry late on Wednesday that political and financial leaders called crucial to averting economic catastrophe. Read more »

WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits rose to their highest in seven years due to the impact of hurricanes Ike and Gustav, the government said in a report on Thursday. Read more »

CEDAR RAPIDS (AP) - A federal judge has reduced a jury award for two women who were arrested at a President Bush rally and illegally strip searched. U.S. District Court Judge Linda R. Reade reduced... Read more »

DES MOINES (AP) - Presidential candidate Ralph Nader plans to visit Iowa next week. Nader, the Peace and Freedom Party's candidate in Iowa, plans to hold a news conference at the state capitol... Read more »