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After another day of turmoil in financial markets, the White House and Congress are expressing confidence that they can agree on measures to stimulate the economy. But the plan remains a work in progress.

The Bush administration says it expects to work with the government formed in Pakistan after Monday's elections. Critics of U.S. policy on Pakistan say the election could provide an opportunity to stop relying on President Pervez Musharraf.

As Russians vote in their Presidential election Sunday, current President Vladimir Putin's chosen successor, Dmitry Medvedev, is the all-but-certain winner. But opposition leaders condemn the vote as a Soviet-style ritual that could leave Putin holding on to power from behind the scenes.

Deluxe reissues of Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland and The Beatles' self-titled "White Album" celebrate their 50th anniversaries, and reveal the remarkable creative abandon behind them.

Federal prosecutors urged that the defendant, Jack Teixeira, remain in jail pending trial. Teixeira, an Air National guardsman, is accused of illegally sharing Pentagon secrets on a gaming site.

Four Republican senators are at odds with the White House over proposed legislation on terrorism suspects. The White House does not like a version of the bill passed by the GOP-controlled Senate Armed Services Committee. The Bush administration's goal of signing a measure into law before mid-term elections now seems in doubt.

As the Mideast crisis continues to intensify, the head of Lebanon's militant group Hezbollah declares "open war," and Israel says it will not stop its military campaign until Hezbollah is disarmed.

Megan Rapinoe will end her career having won at least two World Cups and one Olympic gold medal and having been awarded a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Former Sen. Fred Thompson, who's considering a formal run for the White House, reports raising $3.5 million dollars — short of the $5 million his camp had predicted. Some blame his delayed entry into the race; others consider the somber mood in the Republican Party.

The presidential candidates are trying to pack in as many appearances as possible in Iowa and New Hampshire this weekend, before Christmas. Rudy Giuliani is in New Hampshire. His lead in national polls has been slipping.