DEMOCRAT Barack Obama is building widening leads in battlegrounds Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania, in new polls released today in the trio of states that could be the key to victory on November 4
THE US Senate will vote today on a revised $US700 billion ($882.7 billion) Wall Street bailout after the House of Representatives rejected the original package, sending shockwaves through global markets
THE US Senate could take up a Wall Street bailout tomorrow, and not wait for the House of Representatives to pass a revised plan after dooming the bill, Democratic Senator John Kerry said
US food group Heinz says it has decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill
Final roar ... Hurricane Ike survivors took refuge with a lion in a church as the storm raged around them.
