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World markets sink after Wall Street plunge (AP) -

Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic stock indicator in Tokyo on Friday, Sept. 5, 2008. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index lost 319.05 to close the morning session at 12,238.61. At one point, the Nikkei index lost 371.19. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP - World stock markets retreated Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slumping U.S. economy and its impact on global growth.


McCain and Obama campaigns grapple for 'change' (AP) -

Republican presidential candidate John McCain waves to the crowed as he goes on stage at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)AP - Invigorated by back-to-back political conventions, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama grappled for the mantle of change Friday as the fall race for the presidency took off in states teeming with the independent voters they needed to win.


Rice primed for historic Libya visit (AP) -

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado smile at each other during a news conference following their meeting Friday, Sept. 5 2008, at the Necessidades palace in Lisbon, ahead of a trip to North Africa that will take her to Libya, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says she's excited about a landmark trip she will make to Libya on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century.


Michael Moore to release new film online for free (AP) -

This Feb. 19, 2008 file photo shows filmmaker Michael Moore as he poses for photographers at the after-party for premiere of 'Semi-Pro' in Los Angeles. Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free. The film, 'Slacker Uprising,' follows Moore's 62-city tour during the 2004 election to rally young voters. It will be available for three weeks as a free download to North American residents, beginning Sept. 23. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - Inspired by Neil Young and Radiohead, Michael Moore will release his new film online and for free.


Jacksons reunite at BMI Urban Awards (AP) -

Janet Jackson, center, poses with her brothers, from left, Marlon Jackson, Tito Jackson, Jackie Jackson and Randy Jackson of pop group The Jacksons after they received the BMI Icon award at the 8th Annual BMI Urban Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)AP - The Jacksons were crowned icons at the BMI Urban Awards, but the King of Pop was an absentee.


Polish prosecutors probe possible CIA jail (Reuters) -

A guard shuts the gate to the airport in Szymany in northeastern Poland in this file 2005 picture. Human Rights Watch identified the airport as a potential site of alleged CIA prisons used to interrogate al Qaeda captives. Poland strongly denied it was hosting such facilities. (FORUM/Tomasz Marek/Reuters)Reuters - The Polish prosecutor's office is investigating allegations that there was a CIA prison in Poland where al Qaeda suspects were questioned and guards might have used methods close to torture, the prime minister's top adviser said on Friday.


David Spade is the father of Playboy pinup's baby (AP) -

In this Aug. 20, 2008 file photo, David Spade arrives at the premiere of 'The House Bunny' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, file)AP - David Spade is the father of Playboy playmate Jillian Grace's newborn daughter, Spade's representative said Thursday. The baby girl was born Aug. 26 in Missouri, and Spade plans to visit her on his first break from filming the CBS sitcom "Rules of Engagement," publicist Meredith O'Sullivan said.


Abramoff gets 4 years prison in corruption scandal (AP) -

In this Jan. 3, 2006 file photo, lobbyist Jack Abramoff leaves Federal Court in Washington. From the time Jack Abramoff began cooperating with the FBI, the once powerful lobbyist knew the day would come when he would have to answer for a lifestyle of trading expensive gifts for political favors. 'I have been thinking about this moment literally for years,' the disgraced power broker wrote a federal judge Wednesday about his sentencing. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert, File)AP - Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far-reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a judge who said the case had shattered the public's confidence in government.