AP - Wall Street found some reasons for optimism Monday when the credit markets showed signs of easing and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke appeared to open the door for further interest rate cuts.
AP - The economy's health improved for the first time in five months in September as supplier deliveries and new orders strengthened, a private research group said Monday.
Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, remembers an era not long ago when blacks could not vote. Now the centenarian hopes to see the election of Barack Obama as the nation's first black president. "I ain't got time to die," the Atlanta woman says a smile.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said today he will vote for Sen. Barack Obama, calling the Democrat "a transformational figure." Powell said he was concerned about what he characterized as a negative turn of Republican Sen. John McCain's campaign and his choice of a running mate.