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.

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