
Wall Street's drubbing continued today, with a 500-point loss bringing the Dow's two-day scalding to nearly 900 points, as the Federal Reserve's plan to loosen credit markets failed to counter investor pessimism about the government's ability to rescue the markets. The Fed chief's dour outlook in a speech added to the weakness, CNNMoney.com reports.   Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:14:34 EDT
Two methods the federal government wants to use to find terrorists -- "data mining" and "behavior detection" -- are dubious scientifically and have "enormous potential" for infringing on law-abiding Americans' privacy, a consortium of scientists said.   Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:29:27 EDT
The judge in the corruption trial of Sen. Ted Stevens said Tuesday he saw an attorney for the government's star witness trying to communicate with his client while he was on the stand Monday.   Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:47:20 EDT
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Just hours before the start of the second presidential debate, a new national survey suggests that Sen. Barack Obama is making gains among Americans as a compassionate candidate.   Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:02:17 EDT
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A U.S. spacecraft was scheduled to beam hundreds of photos of Mercury back to Earth on Tuesday after a close encounter with the planet closest to the sun.   Publ.Date : Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:30:48 EDT
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