• Oil price goes below $50 a barrel

  Oil prices fall below $50 a barrel amid growing fears over a global recession and lower demand for oil.

• RBS boss apologises over losses

  Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) chairman, Sir Tom McKillop, says he is "profoundly sorry" for the bank's financial difficulties.

• No agreement for US car bail-out

  US carmakers are given a deadline to produce a viable recovery plan if they want a $25bn government bail-out.

• Foreclosures Affect HS Football Team

  Calif. coach says he's lost six players from his team due to tough economy.

• Tory Helps Jerry Get a Job

  Learn how Tory Johnson helped Jerry Gillespie get hired.

• Wall Street hits 6-year low

  Nov. 20 - U.S. stocks touched lows not seen since October 2002 after a spike in unemployment claims added to fears the economy is rapidly sinking.

  
  
  

“The Republicans are worried about the flag, gay marriage and the terrible burden of the estate tax on the rich. The rest of us are obviously unnecessarily worried about war, peace, the economy, the environment and civilization. Another reason to vote Republican - they have a shorter list.” - Molly Ivins

“No other educational system in the world gives such a central role to the arts as the Waldorf school movement. Even mathematics is presented in an artistic fashion and related via dance, movement or drawing, to the child as a whole. Anything that can be done to further these revolutionary educational ideas will be of the greatest importance.” - Konrad Oberhuber, Professor of Fine Arts, Harvard University