More and more families are struggling to put food on the table in this tough economy. Thursday, children made a special delivery for a local man trying to do his part to help fight hunger.
President George W. Bush returns to the White House Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, as he returned from a trip to attend the Roundtable on Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative in Greensburo, N.C. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)
President Bush said Friday that the fight in Iraq has been longer and more costly than expected, but he defended the U.S.-led invasion, saying the world could not risk leaving Saddam Hussein's power unchecked.
Skittish employers slashed 533,000 jobs in November, the most in 34 years, catapulting the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent, dramatic proof the country is careening deeper into recession.
The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.