AFP - US Senators will vote Wednesday on a revised 700 billion dollar Wall Street rescue after the House of Representatives killed the original package, sending shockwaves around the globe.

President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday sent Congress a security plan intended to cut the influence of narcotics traffickers and urged its passage.

AP - The government approved a new genetic test for the flu virus Tuesday that will allow labs across the country to identify flu strains within four hours instead of four days.

AP - In the state that may again determine the presidency, voters started casting ballots Tuesday as Barack Obama struggles to thwart a John McCain victory in Ohio four years after it tipped the election to President Bush.

AP - White House rivals John McCain and Barack Obama combined televised attack ads with statesmanlike appeals for bipartisanship on Tuesday as they vied for political gain in the shadow of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

Reuters - White House contenders Barack Obama and John McCain sought to persuade skeptical Americans on Tuesday to back a $700 billion Wall Street bailout package and planned to be in Washington on Wednesday to vote on the measure.

Questions are being raised about the safety of more than a dozen car booster-seat models.

Questions are being raised about the safety of more than a dozen car booster-seat models.

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In The Papers 10/01/08

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