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Moods at the New York Stock Exchange swung wildly with the stock market yesterday as the Dow fluctuated in a 1,000-point range. |
Wild week's wild end
Market's 1,000-point swing comes as world finance ministers meet
By Steven Mufson
and Glenn Kessler
THE WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON – The U.S. stock market gyrated wildly yesterday as the world's top finance ministers met in Washington to hammer out a joint set of principles aimed at containing the financial crisis and restoring badly damaged confidence.
Court allows gay, lesbian marriages in Connecticut
By Robert D. McFadden
NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE
A sharply divided Connecticut Supreme Court struck down the state's civil union law yesterday and ruled same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. Connecticut joins California and Massachusetts as the only states to have legalized gay and lesbian marriages.
Palin abused authority, Alaska investigator says
By Matt Apuzzo
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Sarah Palin abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded yesterday. Investigator Stephen Branchflower, in a report to a bipartisan panel that looked into the matter, found Palin in violation of a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain.
2008 VOTE: STATE PROPOSITIONSProp. 5 calls for expanding drug-crime rehabilitation
By Don Thompson
ASSOCIATED PRESS
SACRAMENTO – Eight years ago, 61 percent of California voters passed a novel initiative requiring treatment instead of jail or prison for tens of thousands of drug offenders. Supporters of that initiative are back with a follow-up measure that would require even greater leniency.
