The president expressed remorse the global financial crisis has cost jobs and harmed retirement accounts and said he'll back more government intervention if needed to ease the recession.
Animals in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams and other projects don't pose a threat, under a regulation the Bush administration is set to put in place.
A national survey shows gas prices fell 3.8 cents in the last two weeks.
Democrats and Republicans have made "tremendous progress" in negotiations over a $700 billion rescue plan for Wall Street, according to a leading Democrat.
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