National News

	Bush says the nation will recover President Bush says "we are in tough, tough times," even as he tries to assure the public that the economy will eventually bounce back.
	Candidates spar in debate Barack Obama and John McCain deftly moved from topic to topic during their second presidential debate and also clashed repeatedly.
	Stocks tumble as Street worries about financials Wall Street has had yet another dismal day.
	August borrowing drops at 3.7 percent rate Government data show consumer borrowing fell in August for the first time in more than a decade.
	Bernanke says economy is in pain The Federal Reserve Chairman is offering a bleak assessment of the impact of the current financial crisis.
	Official says retirement assets down $2 trillion The top congressional budget analyst says pension plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months.
	Star witness wraps up testimony in Stevens trial After nearly four days on the stand, Bill Allen has finished his testimony in the trial of Senator Ted Stevens.
	Widow sues over Iraq vet-husband's suicide The widow of a 23-year-old Iraq war veteran from Pennsylvania is suing the U.S. government over her husband's suicide.
	Body found on island pushes Ike death toll to 72 An animal control officer stumbled across the body of a Hurricane Ike victim on an island near where the storm slammed ashore.
	Divers reach wreck of steamship that went down in 1898 Five Massachusetts men are the first divers to reach the wreck of a steamship that went down off the New England coast in 1898.