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Sex and the City took in more than $55 million last weekend — almost twice what Warner Brothers had hoped for the film based on the HBO series. At a Washington, D.C., movie theater, a mostly young, female audience was gushing over the movie's high fashion, stylish cocktails and frank talk about men and sex.

New polls show the presidential race tightening. A Washington Post/ABC News poll has Obama leading by single digits. But an NPR poll shows that McCain is leading by two points.

One day after Wall Street's massive fall, the Dow Industrials opened strong Tuesday morning. The Nasdaq also was up. The reaction to the failed U.S. economic bailout plan around the rest of the world was mixed.

With the House voting down the government bank bailout, the Dow Jones industrial average is plummeting. Earlier Monday, Citigroup announced it will buy Wachovia Bank. What does it all mean?

The Senate passed a $700 billion financial industry bailout Wednesday, winning lopsided passage in the Senate and gaining ground in the House, where Republican opposition softened.

A heat wave that's expected to peak this weekend kicked off with record high temperatures and put one-third of Americans under heat alerts.

Wells Fargo announced Friday that it will buy Wachovia in a deal worth about $15 billion after Wachovia ended talks with rival suitor Citigroup. Wells Fargo said the merger will require no assistance from the government.

The Fed and Treasury is considerig entering the commercial paper market, made up of unsecured corporate IOUs extended over a short period of time. We examine just how risky the unprecedented move is.

The U.S. House passed the rescue package, paving the way for the government to start buying up troubled assets from financial institutions caught on the wrong side of record home foreclosures. Brian Naylor discusses the new bill.

Presidential hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain debated Tuesday night at Belmont University in Nashville, Tenn. The two clashed over the economic crisis, taxes, health care, energy and foreign policy.