A Democratic proposal to impose heavier taxes on big oil companies stalled in the Senate as Republicans and Democrats offered different ideas on how to deal with soaring energy costs.
AP - A Sudan Airways jetliner burst into flames late Tuesday after it landed, killing about 100 people, Sudanese state television reported. More than 200 people were believed to be aboard the plane when it landed in bad weather and a higher casualty toll was feared.
AP - Barack Obama is considering former top military leaders among his possible running mates, according to senators who met Tuesday with the Democratic presidential candidate's vice presidential vetting team.
AP - Saved by Senate Republicans, big oil companies dodged an attempt Tuesday to slap them with a windfall profits tax and take away billions of dollars in tax breaks in response to the record gasoline prices that have the nation fuming.
At least 100 people were killed today when a Sudan Airways plane caught fire after landing in Khartoum, Sudan, according to officials and Sudanese television reports. Sudanese TV reported that more than 200 people were on the plane and that several injured people were taken to a hospital.
Americans are changing how they shop to combat high food prices. iReporters say they're planning trips to the grocery store with military precision -- arming themselves with coupons and making sure they're in the right shoppers' clubs to get the best deals.
The economy is the No. 1 issue for voters, and John McCain and Barack Obama say they have vastly different plans to improve it. McCain is trying to paint Obama as a tax and spend Democrat. Obama is telling voters that McCain's plan "amounts to a full-throated endorsement of George Bush's policies."