'Rudd-speak' confuses Germans, Aussies

TRANSLATORS scramble for German equivalent of "detailed programmatic specificity".

Swapping Land for a Road to Somewhere Divides Alaskans

ANCHORAGE - Among the many bills Congress is considering before it recesses for the November elections is a proposed land swap between the State of Alaska and the federal government that would allow a gravel road to be built through a remote national wildlife refuge.

22,000 jobs vanish in a month

UNEMPLOYMENT rate hits a six-year high, but economists had expected the news to be worse.

Bailout Plan Wins Approval; Democrats Vow Tighter Rules

Even as President Bush signed the $700 billion economic bailout into law, lawmakers said it was only a first step and pledged to make a sweeping overhaul of financial regulation.