AP - President Bush on Tuesday announced a $250 billion plan by the government to directly buy shares in the nation's leading banks, saying the drastic steps were "not intended to take over the free market but to preserve it."
AP - 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.
Reuters - The sons of a Russian cosmonaut and a U.S. astronaut met in space on Tuesday when spaceman Sergei Volkov welcomed American Richard Garriott on board the International Space Station.