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Dow disaster -- down nearly 700 points Panic rules: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes under 8,600. Andrew Leonard Oct 9, 2008 The new improved Paulson plan

NFL Week 6: Playoff picks Baseball playoffs, that is. In other words: They're still playing football? And: What? Hockey? King Kaufman Oct 10, 2008

The voters are angry -- and don't know why What happens when the messy thing called democracy collides with the financial markets in full panic.