AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.

AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.

AP - Another year, another attempted comeback for Britney Spears at the MTV Video Music Awards.

Reuters - The U.S. government on Sunday seized control of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in an aggressive move to help the distressed U.S. housing market and economy.

AFP - Trade unions called Sunday for tax cuts for lower-income workers, and tax hikes for the rich, as Prime Minister Gordon Brown's goverment grapples with a sharp economic downturn.

AP - Democrat Joe Biden says he's debated "an awful lot of tough, smart women" throughout his career and that next month's vice presidential debate with Republican Sarah Palin will be no exception. But he'd like to know where she stands on issues.

Politico - Joe Biden is accusing the McCain campaign of sequestering Sarah Palin, his counterpart on the Republican ticket, and challenged her Sunday to sit for network interviews.

AP - Ike ripped off roofs, sank boats and blocked the road for aid to reach a flooded Haitian city on Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit.

AP - Ike ripped off roofs, sank boats and blocked the road for aid to reach a flooded Haitian city on Sunday as it roared over the southern Bahamas as a ferocious Category 4 hurricane. The Florida Keys evacuated and Cuba prepared for a direct hit.