Different styles, same goal: How the candidates made it work

They're both senators, but that's pretty much where the similarities end.

Asian markets mixed after global rate cuts

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investor enthusiasm over rate cuts around the world gave way to persisent fears over the severe strains in credit markets and the prospect of a global recession.

AIG could get up to $37.8 billion more from Fed

Less than a month after receiving an emergency $85 billion federal loan, crippled insurance titan American International Group (AIG) may borrow up to $37.8 billion more from the Federal Reserve.

Polling places lack resources, civil rights group says

Polling places in six battleground states, including many with large minority populations, could be overwhelmed on Election Day because officials have not allocated enough voting stations, machines and poll workers, a study released Thursday by a civil rights group warns.

High court weighs in on Navy vs. whales

Supreme Court justices voiced skepticism Wednesday about a federal judge's limits on naval sonar exercises off Southern California to protect whales, dolphins and other marine mammals.

Bear market marks a year of rampage

The bear market that is wiping out investor wealth at an alarming rate turns 1 year old today. But nobody on Wall Street is celebrating.

White House considers ownership stakes in banks

The Bush administration is considering taking ownership stakes in certain U.S. banks as an option for dealing with a severe global credit crisis.

Asian markets mixed after global rate cuts

Asian markets were mixed Thursday as investor enthusiasm over rate cuts around the world gave way to persisent fears over the severe strains in credit markets and the prospect of a global recession.

Cyberscams exploit consumers' financial unease

The rippling financial crisis has sent consumers scurrying to the Internet for answers and advice. Online fraudsters are right behind, devising ways to steal personal information.

Phillies' Hamels going into Game 1 relaxed but ready

The Philadelphia Phillies are running around the clubhouse busy with playoff preparations. There are scouting reports to pore over. Videotape to watch. Last-minute ticket requests.

Cubs exercise option on Harden

Rich Harden's $7 million option for next year was exercised Wednesday by the Chicago Cubs, one day after a test showed the hard-throwing right-hander had no structural damage in his pitching shoulder.

Police: Pacman Jones involved in fight at hotel

Dallas Cowboys cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones was involved in a fight with one of his bodyguards, according to Dallas police, the night before attending a previously scheduled team meeting with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.

Matsuzaka to open for Red Sox against Rays

The Boston Red Sox will start Daisuke Matsuzaka in Game 1 of the American League Championship Series on Friday against the Tampa Bay Rays.

At 'CSI,' the handoff from Petersen to Fishburne begins

There's a reason there are no maggots actual ones, not the criminal variety on the CSI set.

Who has bigger ego? Aretha Franklin says it's Tina Turner

The Queen of Soul is in high dudgeon. Aretha Franklin, who expressed her displeasure in February after Beyonc referred to Tina Turner as "the queen" during a salute on the Grammy Awards, is now fuming over remarks by her royal rival.

Spillane's friend hammers out the rest of author's novel

Just before his death two years ago, crime writer Mickey Spillane called friend and author Max Allan Collins and asked him to finish a Mike Hammer novel he did not have the strength to complete.

Oliver Platt will star in 'Guys and Dolls' revival

Broadway has found its Nathan Detroit for the upcoming revival of Guys and Dolls Oliver Platt.

TiVo on your PC is cool, but there are kinks to fix

The folks at TiVo once scolded me for using TiVo as a verb, as in "I TiVoed last night's game." The company is vigilant about protecting its trademark. It's a worse faux-pas if suggesting you've TiVoed something on a Windows Media Center or other PC. No computer-based digital video recorder is an actual TiVo.

Most portable TVs are analog, can't get digital signals

In an era of dazzling battery-powered portable devices including iPods, computers and cellphones, it's hard to imagine what it's like to be unable to catch the news and entertainment anytime and anywhere we want.

Cyberscams exploit consumers' financial unease

The rippling financial crisis has sent consumers scurrying to the Internet for answers and advice. Online fraudsters are right behind, devising ways to steal personal information.

BlackBerry Storm takes touch-screen cue from iPhone

Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.

10 great places to dig deep into our shared human past

To know where we're going, it's sometimes best to know where those who went before us have been. So with October being Archaeology Month, this is as good a time as any to follow in the path of our early ancestors. Brian Fagan, archaeologist and author of many popular books on the topic (brianfagan.com), shares his list of finds with Kathy Baruffi for USA TODAY.

Getting the go-around on a 'round-the-world ticket

Question:In September 2007, my wife and I started a "Round the World" (RTW) trip from Boston with tickets from American Airlines. After a few days, we arrived in Beijing, where I fell and broke my femur. My hip was pinned and I had to stay in the Beijing hospital for about two weeks. I decided to return to the U.S. as soon as the doctor said I was fit to travel.

Plimoth Plantation puts pilgrim on eBay auction block for Thanksgiving

Got room for two more people at your Thanksgiving table?

Smiling Parisians show you their city, for free

The city of light has an unfortunate blight: the locals' reputation for rudeness. That's why a group of friendly Parisians have banded together to show complete strangers around their Paris, the one not found in travel books for free.