Financial meltdown...NATO attacks...Campaigning CLintons

Washington (AP) Global finance leaders continue their meetings in Washington this weekend. Yesterday they met at the White House with President Bush, who says his administration is doing everything it can to stem a bad economic tide.

WASHINGTON (AP) Democrats in Congress still hope to push new legislation that'll tackle Global Warming early next year. But an economic meltdown being felt around the world could slow that down, or even put it on hold. Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are suggesting that's what should happen.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) NATO airstrikes have helped deliver a pounding to Taliban militants planning an attack outside the capital of Afghanistan's Helmand province. The coalition says some 60 militants were killed.

UNDATED (AP) For the first time ever, two generations of Americans have flown into space. Video game mogul Richard Garriott reportedly paid $30 million to fly on board a Russian Soyuz that's currently headed for the international space station. His father Owen Garriott used to be a NASA astronaut.

UNDATED (AP) Both Bill and Hillary Clinton will be on stage with Joe Biden at a rally in Scranton, Pennsylvania, today. That's the first of several campaign stops they'll make in key states like Virginia and Ohio on behalf of Barack Obama.

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