Fed steps bring praise, new scrutiny (AP)

Fed's moves bring praise, new scrutiny (AP)
AP - The Federal Reserve has taken its boldest action since the Great Depression, invoking rarely used powers in an effort to contain a panic...

Congress passes anti-genetic discrimination bill (AP)
AP - Companies could not use genetic information to make employment or insurance decisions under legislation approved almost unanimously by Congress...

Bernanke: economic woes nothing like Depression (Reuters)
Reuters - The current economic slowdown is nothing like the Great Depression of the 1930s, in part because the U.S. Federal Reserve is far more...

Bernanke says economic outlook is worse (AP)
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Thursday the economy is deteriorating and signaled a readiness to keep on lowering a key...

White House: Bush wasn't detached from war review (AP)
AP - The White House on Friday disputed an assertion in a new book by Bob Woodward that President Bush was slow to react to escalating attacks in...