10 October 2008, 2:06 pm
There's no reason to doubt Sarah Palin's sincerity when she talks about her commitment to family and--more specifically--special-needs kids. When she introduced her son, who has Down syndrome, to the audience at the Republican convention, the family ...... read more
10 October 2008, 11:50 am
The recent troubles on Wall Street have put the economy at the top of the list of concerns for most Americans, and put the issue front and center in the presidential campaign. But if there’s anything we’ve learned in recent years, it’s that the ...... read more
10 October 2008, 10:02 am
A poll conducted by Minnesota Public Radio News and University of Minnesota Humphrey Institute indicates nearly one quarter of Minnesotans are scared because of the turmoil in the financial markets, while another 70 percent are concerned. The ...... read more
6 October 2008, 3:29 pm
The jammed credit markets barely budged Monday as governments around the world scrambled to prop up their failing banks and investors waited for details on how, exactly, the Treasury will go about buying $700 billion of U.S. banks' mortgage assets ...... read more
6 October 2008, 5:49 am
In a vigorous and meaty debate, U.S. Senate candidates jousted on Sunday over the nation's financial crisis, war policy, deficit spending, energy and even the tenor of their attacks in the first three-way engagement of the general election. The ...... read more
5 October 2008, 6:40 am
The turmoil on Wall Street and the weakening economy are changing the contours of the presidential campaign map, giving new force to Senator Barack Obama’s ambitious strategy to make incursions into Republican territory, while leading Senator John ...... read more