AP - House Democratic and Republican leaders are looking for imminent agreement with the White House on an emergency package to jolt the economy out of its slump after negotiators on all sides made significant concessions at a late-night bargaining session.

AP - Egypt began trying to control the masses of Palestinians flooding in from the Gaza Strip Thursday, stopping some from moving deeper into Egypt. But authorities did not attempt to reseal the breached border with the Palestinian territory.

AP - Wall Street headed toward a moderately higher open Thursday, a day after stocks staged an extraordinary reversal and after weekly figures on workers seeking unemployment figures suggested the job market was holding up.