 | Connecticut Supreme Court rules gay and lesbian couples can marry
Connecticut today became the third state to legalize same-sex marriage, behind Massachusetts and California.
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 | Federal regulators clear Wells Fargo-Wachovia deal
Federal antitrust regulators say they have cleared Wells Fargo's $11.7 billion acquisition of troubled bank Wachovia Corp.
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 | Balloon gondola falls in flames at NM fiesta
A witness says a balloon basket has caught on fire, separated from the rest of the balloon and crashed at Albuquerque's annual hot-air balloon fiesta.
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 | Bush says anxiety feeding market instability
President Bush says the government's financial rescue plan is aggressive enough and big enough to work, but anxiety about the markets is feeding on itself and making that hard to see.
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 | Wall Street seen adding to global rout
Stock prices are swinging sharply on Wall Street, with investors still selling heavily but also scooping up stocks that have been decimated by more than a week of huge losses.
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 | Stevens seeks Hatch as character witness
Sen. Ted Stevens wants Senate colleague Orrin Hatch to put in a good word for him at his corruption trial.
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 | Paulson could face backlash from poorer countries
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson could get an earful this weekend in Washington, when he hears from many developing countries, which have become part of the so-called G-20 nations.
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 | Sources: US nears removing NKorea from terror list
The Associated Press has learned that the Bush administration is nearing a decision to remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist to salvage faltering nuclear disarmament talks.
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 | Parents Can Stay In Control Of The Wheel, Even Though Their Teen Is In The Drivers Seat
Parents will soon have more control over their teens driving habits. A new feature is being offered by Ford to give parents the power to control their teen's lead foot.
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 | Police: Mall shooting suspect upset over purchase
Police say a customer in a Knoxville mall fatally shot a clothing store employee because he was upset about a previous clothing purchase.
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 | Final-hour sell off sends markets plunging
The volatile session saw the Dow drop more than 400 points in the final hour.
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 | Banks borrow record amount from Fed
Banks borrowed in record amounts from the Federal Reserve's emergency lending facility over the past week, while investment firms drew slightly less.
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 | 'Credible' e-mail threat shuts down Tennessee campus
Authorities have shut down the campus at Middle Tennessee State University after they say an e-mail threatened bodily harm to the entire student body.
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 | Semi hits bus packed with Amish in Michigan, 14 hurt
Police say a tractor-trailer has crashed into an bus overloaded with members of an Amish church, turning the bus onto its side and sending 14 people to the hospital, including several children.
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 | Third climber of NY Times building pleads not guilty
A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to endangering the public by scaling part of The New York Times' skyscraper in midtown Manhattan.
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