Stocks mostly advance on government bank plan Wall Street fluctuated but largely extended its big advance Tuesday as investors reacted enthusiastically to the U.S. government's plans to spend $250 billion to buy stock in private banks. The Dow Jones industrial average rose about 120 points a day after its record 936-point jump.
Sen. Clinton says 2nd White House run is unlikely Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton puts the chances of her running for president again at near zero - slightly higher than the chances she gives for becoming Senate majority leader or a Supreme Court justice.
North Korea to resume nuclear dismantlement North Korea planned to resume dismantling its nuclear program Tuesday for the first time in two months, days after the United States removed the communist regime from a terrorism blacklist as a reward under a disarmament pact.
Russian spacecraft docks with orbital station A Russian Soyuz craft carrying an American computer game designer and two crewmates docked with the international space station Tuesday.
Man wins contest with 1,528-pound pumpkin Thad Starr's giant pumpkin really began putting on weight in August - a lot of weight. The pumpkin gained about 30 pounds a day on its way to victory Monday at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off in Half Moon Bay. Starr's pumpkin finished at a record 1,528 pounds.
Red Sox, Rays to play game 4 in ALCS tonight The Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Rays play game 4 in their American League Championship Series tonight in Boston. Andy Sonnanstine wil pitch for the Rays against Boston knuckleballer Tim Wakefield. The Rays lead the series 2 games to 1.