Group Three -- Angel McCullar:

Fiscal news grows worse for California Senate

President Pro Tem Don Perata estimated Tuesday the state will face a $3 billion to $5 billion deficit this fiscal year without corrective action, a significant gap that increases the possibility lawmakers will have to consider new spending cuts or tax increases in a special midyear budget session.By Kevin Yamamura October 8, 2008

http://www.sacbee.com/111/story/1296812.html


McCain, Obama clash over economic crisis

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Barack Obama and John McCain clashed repeatedly over the causes and cures for the worst economic crisis in 80 years Tuesday night in a debate in which Republican McCain called for sweeping action by the government to directly shield many homeowners from mortgage foreclosure. By CHARLES BABINGTON, Associated Press Writer

http://fe41.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_el_pr/presidential_debate;_ylt=AmH.tBLOgvLmPvo8QwI0tRcDW7oF


Obama has slim 2-point lead on McCain

NASHVILLE, Tennessee (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has a slim 2-point lead on Republican rival John McCain in a tight White House race, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday. By John Whitesides, Political Correspondent Oct 8, 2008

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE4961BK20081008


Execs' posh retreat after bailout angers lawmakers

WASHINGTON - Days after it got a federal bailout, American International Group Inc. spent $440,000 on a posh California retreat for its executives, complete with spa treatments, banquets and golf outings, according to lawmakers investigating the company's meltdown. By ANDREW TAYLOR, Associated Press Writer Oct 7, 2008.

http://fe41.news.sp1.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_go_co/meltdown_aig;_ylt=AiV.NfpnXw5DrrGTHbOYzA0DW7oF



Politics, Palin good for 'Saturday Night Live'

Ratings soar as Tina Fey continues to lampoon vice-presidential candidate
NEW YORK - The politics-fueled ratings train of "Saturday Night Live" keeps rolling along this election season with Tina Fey's impersonations of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin luring viewers. By Paul J. Gough Hollywood Reporter Mon., Oct. 6, 2008

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/vp-debate-open-palin-biden/727421/
Palin's glamour poses tricky questionWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, a former beauty queen running to be the United States' next vice president, challenges the old saying, "Washington is Hollywood for ugly people."By Ross Colvin - AnalysisOct 7, 2008 http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE4961ES20081007



Police: Jobless father kills family, self

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- A man distraught because he could not find work shot and killed his mother-in-law, his wife and three sons and then killed himself inside a home in an upscale San Fernando Valley neighborhood, police. Tue October 7, 2008

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/06/california.murder.suicide/index.html


Nepal appoints 3-year-old as new living goddess

KATMANDU, Nepal - Hindu and Buddhist priests chanted sacred hymns and cascaded flowers and grains of rice over a 3-year-old girl who was appointed a living goddess in Nepal on Tuesday.By YUVRAJ ACHARYA, Associated Press Writer Tue Oct 7, 9:59 AM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_re_as/as_nepal_living_goddess;_ylt=ArLckYF1ZcCKSZ0VHxy_d5Ss0NUE


Mom Who Drove Youths To Fight Convicted

Teen Stabbed To Death In June 2007
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- A Long Beach mother who drove her teenage son and his friends to a fatal fight with a rival gang has been convicted of second-degree murder. Oct 6, 2008 Associated Press

http://www.kcra.com/news/17638106/detail.html?rss=sac&psp=news


Gas prices expected to fall further

Analysts see gas prices falling further as crude prices plummet and hurricane season enters a lull. NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- If there's one bright spot in a bad economy, it's that gasoline prices have fallen, and they're expected to drop even further. By Ben Rooney, CNNMoney.com staff writer October 7, 2008

http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/07/news/economy/_prices/index.htm


Herpes Linked to Brain Cancer
(Newser) – Cancer researchers are finally taking seriously a young surgeon's decade-long hunch that brain tumors are linked to a strain of herpes that lies dormant in 80% of Americans. The physician speculated that brain cancer patients—many of them affluent and educated—were more vulnerable to common viruses such as the herpes CMV strain because of their "hyper-hygienic" organism lives, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. Oct 6, 08 7:40

http://current.com/items/89377424_herpes_linked_to_brain_cancer


1 Japanese, 2 Americans win Nobel chemistry

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Two Americans and a U.S.-based Japanese scientist won the Nobel Prize in chemistry on Wednesday for discovering and developing a glowing jellyfish protein that revolutionized the ability to study disease and normal development in living By KARL RITTER and MATT MOORE, Associated Press Writers

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081008/ap_on_sc/eu_sweden_nobel_chemistry;_ylt=AoQ4PfYkYm7XP1D43KRKsw4PLBIF


Playboy looks for bare market on Wall Street

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Playboy magazine is offering a new way to lose your shirt on Wall Street.By Robert MacMillan Thu Oct 2, 2008

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081002/od_nm/us_playboy;_ylt=AgO0uG1PG6XdFVaF_QGlVOus0NUE


Investors expect volatility as credit woes persist

NEW YORK - The world's financial markets face an uncertain and possibly volatile week as investors await details about how the Treasury will implement the government's financial rescue package — and watch for any further fallout from the credit crisis around the globe.
By TIM PARADIS, AP Business Writer Sun Oct 5, 7:42 PM ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/wall_street_week_ahead;_ylt=AhG.kFIaRECKzUowE1WcdP.s0NUE