Tea Party Express launches its last tour of the 2010 campaign in (guess where) Sen. Harry Reid's home state of Nevada with an event headlined by (guess who) Sarah Palin.
Despite the strength of insurgent candidates around the country, Andrew M. Cuomo is leading Carl P. Paladino in the race for governor, a New York Times poll found.
Banks like JPMorgan Chase offer to help big investors like pension funds earn a little extra. When it works, both win. When it doesn’t, only the client loses.
AP - French oil workers defied the government's demand Monday to get back to work and end fuel shortages, stepping up the fight against President Nicolas Sarkozy's retirement reforms. Youths and truckers joined in, facing off against riot police and creating chaos on the roads.
AP - A federal judge who halted the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy for gays is holding a hearing Monday before she decides whether the policy can be enforced while the government appeals.
Anna Chapman, the sultry undercover agent who pleaded guilty to spying for Mother Russia this summer, has now been honored by Russian President Dmitry Medvedev for her espionage. In a Kremlin ceremony, Medvedev bestowed high honors on Chapman and the nine other members of a Russian sleeper ring who were arrested in June for spying on America. Many of the spies had lived in the United States under false identities for years.
American hikers Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer, arrested for crossing into Iran from Iraqi territory last year, spent day 444 in Tehran's Evin prison, separated from the other prisoners. Fattal and Bauer have been told they will be tried for spying. They say they only strayed over the border.
Former NFL linebacker Junior Seau is being treated at a hospital after driving his Cadillac SUV off a cliff today. He landed on a beach in Carlsbad, California, police say.
Two women postal workers were fatally shot Monday morning in a post office in Henning, Tennessee, about 50 miles northeast of Memphis, a dispatcher for the Lauderdale County Sheriff's Department said.
With the election days away, Democrats are working to keep their congressional majorities while Republicans hope angry voters propel them to power, CNN's Mark Preston reports.
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