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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve on Tuesday said it would begin buying the short-term debt many companies use to fund their day-to-day operations, its latest emergency move to try to restore credit flows and protect the economy.

ST. CHARLES, Illinois (Reuters) - This time around John Abel was ready for the stock market crash.

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize announced its short list of finalists on Tuesday, after reviewing 95 books submitted from across the country.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official denied on Tuesday a local news agency report that a U.S. military plane had violated the country's airspace and was forced to land, saying both the aircraft and the people on board were Hungarian.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States economy is in for further job losses and soft consumer spending in the short run, which should help pull down inflation, Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Gary Stern said on Tuesday.

Congressional candidate Sandy Treadwell picked up the endorsement of Republican supervisors in his home county on Monday.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countries scrambled to slow the growing global financial crisis on Tuesday and Wall Street braced for the day after a massive sell-off, nervous about corporate earnings and hoping Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke might offer a ray of hope.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian official on Tuesday denied an Iranian news agency report that a U.S. military plane had violated the country's airspace, saying both the aircraft and the people on board were Hungarian.

Among the millions viewing tonight's presidential debate from Nashville will be thousands of college students who will take part in "Debate Watch."

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Unprecedented demand for precious metals and volatile markets forced the U.S. Mint to cease production for the half-ounce and quarter-ounce popular American Eagle gold coins for the rest of this year and to supply other bullion coins on an allocation basis.

Bruce Springsteen brings free concert to EMU to encourage voter registration and to support Barack Obama for President.

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An Iranian news agency said on Tuesday that a U.S. military aircraft had unintentionally violated Iranian airspace and been forced to land in Iran, but later allowed to leave.

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain meet in their second debate Tuesday night. It will be a town hall style event in Nashville, Tennessee.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon denied on Tuesday an Iranian news report that a U.S. military aircraft had violated Iranian territory and had been forced to land in Iran, saying all American planes were accounted for.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday.

TEHRAN/BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran has accused six major powers of "unreasonable behavior" over its disputed nuclear program, but the European Union said on Tuesday it would stick to a dual approach combining diplomacy with the threat of sanctions.

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Japanese scientists and a Tokyo-born American shared the 2008 Nobel Prize for Physics for discoveries in sub-atomic particles, the prize committee said on Tuesday.

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan immigration authorities have arrested and plan to deport the U.S. author of a critical book about presidential candidate Barack Obama before a launch in Nairobi, witnesses and local media said Tuesday.