Hurricane Ike is bearing down on Cuba this evening on a path that could hit Havana tomorrow, as residents of the Turks and Caicos assess the damage Ike left behind. "It pretty much looks like an episode of 'The Twilight Zone,' " said a reporter on Grand Turk Island. "It's like the end of the world." Sun, 07 Sep 2008 21:12:45 EDT

Federal officials today announced an extraordinary takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, signaling a dramatic move to shore up the nation's housing market. The historic takeover of the duo is aimed at heading off what President Bush says would have been an "unacceptable" risk of failure for the economy. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 20:29:01 EDT

Citing "emerging evidence," the top U.S. military commander in Afghanistan asked for an investigation into reports that more than 90 Afghan civilians died in a recent U.S. military operation in western Afghanistan. Sun, 07 Sep 2008 18:12:47 EDT