AP - "Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Ike grew to fierce Category 4 strength Saturday as it roared on an uncertain path that forced millions from the Caribbean to Florida, and Louisiana to Mexico, to nervously wonder where it would eventually strike.
AP - The historic takeover of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which could come as soon as Sunday, moved to the forefront of the presidential campaign Saturday as candidates and congressional leaders seized on the enormous implications for taxpayers and the economy.
Visitors to the Florida Keys were told to pack up and leave Saturday because of the threat from Hurricane Ike, which has grown to an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm in the Caribbean. The storm, currently near the Turks and Caicos Islands, may reach the Gulf of Mexico by Tuesday.
Parts of the South Carolina coast are feeling the effects of Tropical Storm Hanna as it sped toward an early Saturday morning landfall near the North Carolina-South Carolina state line.