AP - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waged a stout defense on Capitol Hill Tuesday of their management of a $700 billion financial bailout just one week after the administration abandoned the original strategy behind the rescue.

AP - Detroit's Big Three automakers are begging Congress for a $25 billion government rescue, while the legislation clings to life support on Capitol Hill and top lawmakers and the White House suffer from bailout fatigue.

AP - Wholesale prices plunged a record amount in October as energy prices fell by the largest amount in 22 years.

AP - Pirates who seized a Saudi supertanker loaded with $100 million in crude oil anchored the ship within sight of impoverished Somali fishing villages Tuesday, while the U.S. and other naval forces decided against intervention for now.

AP - Michael Hernandez pulled a charred photo album from the wreckage of his home, the plastic pages melted by the wildfire that tore through the mobile home park where he lived with his grandparents and 7-year old daughter.