A turbulent third financial quarter comes to a close, with the Dow surging up 485 points after a record 777-point drop the day before. After voting down the bill on Monday, a reconvened Senate will vote on the bailout again on Wednesday morning, with affirmative votes more likely.
As both candidates face tough questions in the month before the election, Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin seems to be under the most heat, with the fourth part of her interview with Katie Couric airing today. In one of the more tense moments of the interview, Couric asks Palin which news sources she would read before being selected as the running mate; Palin generalized, but did not list any specific sources. Her debate against Joe Biden, Barack Obama’s Democratic running mate, is Thursday night in St. Louis, Missouri.
In lighter news, Charlie Ebersol, son of NBC Sports producer Dick Ebersol, is dating tennis star Maria Sharapova. Ready to rock, country style? Kevin Costner’s debut album will be released on November 11. His band’s name is Modern West.
The U.S. Attorney firing scandal is back in the news after an internal Justice Department report was released and a special prosecutor, Nora Dannehy, was named to investigate the possibility of filing criminal charges.
The rocket Falcon 1, funded by SpaceX, reached orbit on September 28.
Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, starts today at sunset.
John McCain did decide to go on with tonight’s debate. However, the Wall Street Journal decided to go one step further: several hours before the debate, the publication’s online site displayed a McCain ad that stated “McCain Wins Debate!”
If the Wall Street Journal has a crystal ball, it would perhaps have been better served to check out where the U.S. economy was heading. Lawmakers were planning to work through the weekend to finalize the mortgage bailout plan.
Sadly, Ted Kennedy will not be in Washington. Kennedy was hospitalized after a “minor seizure” that resulted from a change in medication.
In lighter news, Sacha Baron Cohen, the comedian who channels Ali G and Borat, was arrested after his character Bruno interrupted a Milan fashion show for a scene for his upcoming film. Bruno isn’t yet in theaters, but this weekend you can see Nights in Rodanthe or Eagle Eye. Visit our movie reviews to see if either is worth the price of admission!
Though John McCain and Barack Obama have temporarily “suspended” their campaigns, the American public certainly hasn’t. Comedian Sarah Silverman is promoting The Great Schlep, encouraging young Jews across America to travel to Florida to convince their elderly relatives to vote for Obama.
Not laughing yet? Then you might need the 2009 Naked Clown Calendar, the proceeds of which go to benefit the Judy Finelli Fund, striving to discover a cure and treatments for multiple sclerosis.
The big story today was John McCain’s decision to put his campaign for the American presidency on pause in order to focus his attention on the country’s financial system crisis. He asked political rival Barack Obama to join him and to postpone Friday’s presidential debate. Obama refused, saying now is the time to lay out both candidates’ plans in front of voters. The debate is to go on as scheduled.
In NFL news, the president of the Detroit Lions, Matt Millen, was fired after the Lions lost the first three games of the season. The New York Giants suspended Plaxico Burress for two weeks, allegedly for missing practice. Burress will miss one game, against the Seattle Seahawks. Finally, New York Giants radio broadcaster Dick Lynch has died at the age of 72.
Lindsay Lohan is back in the gossip news for her high profile romance with DJ Samantha Ronson. The young actress has confirmed that she is gay and in love with Ronson, who is ten years her senior. Rumors about the pair include their purchasing a New York penthouse together and an impending marriage.
With the presidential election only 41 days away, keep up to date with our pages on the Presidential Polls and the Electoral Vote Map. They are great to refer to right up to November 4th!
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Today’s top story was a college shooting in Finland. The shooter, Matti Juhani Saari, uploaded threatening videos to his YouTube Channel as user Wumpscut86, just hours before the shooting. YouTube suspended the account after its contents were discovered.
In celebrity gossip news, American Idol finalist Clay Aiken has come out. The pop star discusses his decision to finally reveal all in the October 6 issue of People Magazine.
Both George W. Bush and Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addressed the UN today. His address counters against the international pressure his country is under to disband its nuclear programs.
The tech-obsessed can rejoice: the Google Android Phone has finally been launched. The T-Mobile G1 is the first phone to utilize Google’s operating system and will cost $179 when it is released on October 22. T-Mobile G1 Reviews have been mostly positive, with one article expressing that the phone takes the best features from the BlackBerry and iPhone.
The blogosphere is abuzz with the news that John McCain’s chief of staff, Mark Buse, may be gay. Several blogs posted claims from Buse’s alleged ex-boyfriend, stating that they met at a gay bar in 1986. As John McCain opposes same-sex marriage and supports the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, this revelation was unexpected, to say the least.
Sady, well-known writer Dominick Dunne was hospitalized today. Dunne was in Las Vegas covering O.J. Simpson’s trial for armed robbery and kidnapping; Dunne is known for his trenchant coverage of Simpson’s 1995 murder trial.
A photo of Jamie Lynn Spears breastfeeding her baby was reportedly stolen from Wal-Mart. In addition to the invasion of privacy and theft, the culprit could be prosecuted for disseminating child pornography, as Spears is underage.
More troubling economic news broke as insurance company AIG gave 80% of its company to the federal government in exchange for an 85 billion dollar two year loan, and rumors of a Morgan Stanley-Wachovia merger swirl.
Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin and Katie Couric will sit down for an interview set to air September 29 and 30 on CBS’s news programs.
After the nation focused its attention on Monday to the economy, political news and scandals returned to prominence on Tuesday. Vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is involved in Troopergate, while her running mate John McCain’s Blackberry invention received added scrutiny. Barack Obama was not immune from criticism himself. Several newspapers highlight Obama’s Beverly Hills dinner, a ticket to which costs $28,500.
One of televisions biggest shows has its finale tonight. The winner of Big Brother 10 will be announced. Mahalo also is your one-stop source for Big Brother 10 Spoilers, if you just can’t wait until the show airs in your time zone.
Megan Fox’s GQ photos bare significant skin from the popular actress. In the GQ interview, Fox defends teenage actresses and discusses the sex appeal of Olivia Wilde.
Some sports fans were disappointed that Milwaukee Brewers‘ manager Ned Yost was fired. Management stated that the team’s disappointing record was behind the decision.
The literary world is still coping with David Foster Wallace’s September 12 suicide. The writer hanged himself at home. In other sad news, original Pink Floyd member Richard Wright died on September 15. He had been suffering from cancer.
