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Obama asked about help for struggling families (AP) -

Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., campaigns in Holland, Ohio, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)AP - During an hourlong visit to a neighborhood of ranch-style and split-level homes near Toledo, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama was repeatedly asked what he could do to help struggling families.


Fire burns 750 acres northeast of Los Angeles (AP) -

A U.S. forest service firefighter battles towering flames burning along Little Tugunga Road, in the Angeles National Forest, about 20 miles north of downtown Los Angeles on Sunday Oct. 12, 2008. Los Angeles County Fire Department spokesman Ron Haralson says the blaze has charred up to 750 acres in the rugged area of Little Tujunga Canyon. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)AP - Firefighters backed by water-dumping helicopters and planes gained ground Sunday on a wildfire that destroyed two homes and forced the evacuation of about 1,200 people in a rugged area 20 miles north of downtown.


Gov't eyes plan to take ownership stakes in banks (AP) -

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson speaks at a news conference after the G7 Ministerial meeting in Washington October 10, 2008. The world's rich nations vowed on Friday to take all necessary steps to unfreeze credit markets and ensure banks can raise money but they offered no collective course of action to avert a deep global recession. (Yuri Gripas/Reuters)AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told international leaders on Sunday that isolationism and protectionism could worsen the spreading financial crisis. With a new trading week dawning, U.S. lawmakers urged quick action by the Bush administration on measures to make direct purchases of bank stock to help unlock lending.


Biden decries 'unbecoming personal attacks' (AP) - AP - Democratic vice presidential candidate Joe Biden says the McCain campaign is trying to distract Americans from their economic woes by launching "unbecoming personal attacks" at Barack Obama.
McCain vows to whip Obama's 'you know what' (AP) -

Republican presidential candidate, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., pauses as he leaves his campaign headquarters in Arlington, Va. Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AP - Republican John McCain vowed Sunday to "whip" Democratic rival Barack Obama's "you-know-what" when the two presidential candidates meet Wednesday in their final televised debate.


World Bank to protect vulnerable countries (AP) -

International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, right, stands after a briefing for reporters at IMF headquarters on efforts to heal the economy, in Washington, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008. He is joined by World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick, left, and Mexico's Secretary of Finance Augustin Carstens, center. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)AP - The World Bank agreed Sunday to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems and protect the poor against the financial turmoil in international markets.


Fact Check: Camps highlight foes' old associates (AP) -

In this April 6, 1999 file photo, former Lincoln Savings & Loan chief Charles Keating Jr. smiles during a news conference at the Los Angeles Federal Courthouse. (AP Photo/Nick Ut, File)AP - Scraping for any advantage in the presidential campaign's waning days, John McCain and Barack Obama are introducing voters to a new cast of characters.


McCain considering new economic plan (Reuters) -

Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) greets supporters as he arrives at the campaign headquarter in Arlington, Virginia October 12, 2008. (Carlos Barria/Reuters)Reuters - Republican presidential candidate John McCain is considering rolling out a new comprehensive economic package to tackle the U.S. financial crisis, one of his closest supporters said on Sunday.