DETROIT -- A 4-month-old infant was shot and killed at an apartment building early Sunday on the city's west side, police said.

LANSING - A federal bailout package for the U.S. financial industry could boost Michigan consumersand#39; psyche and banksand#39; willingness to extend credit, lifting some clouds over an already-jittery and struggling state economy.

The first direct attempt to permit casino-style gambling at Michiganand#39;s seven horse tracks since 2004and#39;s Proposal 1 effectively killed such efforts has been launched amid a chorus of skepticism from opponents.

VAN BUREN -- Township Police are investigating the death of 17-year-old Kenneth Jackson, who was shot in the neck Sunday morning after an alleged altercation at Pine Creek Golf Course.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- As anxiety on Wall Street led banks and other investors to hoard cash last week, a different kind of market fear gripped cities across the Southeast.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told thousands of supporters Sunday he would "work every single day" to avoid a repeat of the Wall Street meltdown and attacked Republican John McCain as out of touch with middle-class economic struggles.Obama spoke supportively of the bailout deal reached early this morning by negotiators in Washington on spending as much as $700 billion to shore up shaky financial markets. But he declared the financial crisis "the final verdict" on a failed Republican economic philosophy.

Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama told thousands of supporters Sunday he would "work every single day" to avoid a repeat of the Wall Street meltdown and attacked Republican John McCain as out of touch with middle-class economic struggles.Obama spoke supportively of the bailout deal reached early this morning by negotiators in Washington on spending as much as $700 billion to shore up shaky financial markets. But he declared the financial crisis "the final verdict" on a failed Republican economic philosophy.

Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even other energy sources that people haven't heard of yet.

Brandon Knight entered the alternative energy engineering program at Lansing Community College in 2006 with an eye toward owning a business dedicated to developing solar panels, wind turbines and perhaps even other energy sources that people haven't heard of yet.

Key lawmakers who struck a post-midnight deal on a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry predicted Sunday it would pass Congress, putting in place the largest government intervention in markets since the Great Depression. Officials in both parties were hopeful for a House vote Monday, and the two presidential candidates said they probably would support it.

Key lawmakers who struck a post-midnight deal on a $700 billion bailout for the financial industry predicted Sunday it would pass Congress, putting in place the largest government intervention in markets since the Great Depression. Officials in both parties were hopeful for a House vote Monday, and the two presidential candidates said they probably would support it.

Police say a 4-month-old boy was fatally shot as he slept with his mother in their Detroit apartment.

More than 35,000 metro Detroiters gathered Sunday to rally with Democratic presidential nominee Sen. Barack Obama and his running mate Sen. Joe Biden.

WASHINGTON -- North Dakota farmers have spent $6 million to open a pair of Washington restaurants, one just blocks from the White House, to showcase food from family farms. The newer eatery aims to be "Washington's greenest restaurant."

A woman jumps out her third-floor apartment to escape a fire.

What is Barack Obama's biggest remaining obstacle on his road to the White House? A nationally prominent Republican sums it up in a word: "Bubba."

WASHINGTON -- One talks too much. The other hasn't talked enough.

PHILADELPHIA -- Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin met Sunday with a group of military mothers at a downtown eatery, the third day of a swing through this Democratic stronghold.

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders and the Bush administration reached a tentative deal early Sunday on a landmark bailout of imperiled financial markets whose collapse could plunge the nation into a deep recession.

WASHINGTON -- Congressional leaders and the Bush administration reached a tentative deal early Sunday on a landmark bailout of imperiled financial markets whose collapse could plunge the nation into a deep recession.

Police are searching for a gunman they said opened fire at funeral attendees on Saturday, injuring two.

WIXOM -- The Wixom Fire Department is investigating an early morning blaze at Bristol Square Apartments where a 45-year-old woman jumped from her bedroom window to escape Sunday.

The Energy Department says it will take at least six months and possibly up to 18 months to get the program running after Congress on Saturday funded it as part of a giant spending bill.

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on Sunday gingerly embraced a newly negotiated congressional deal for a $700 billion bailout of the hobbled financial industry.

WASHINGTON -- Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain on Sunday gingerly embraced a newly negotiated congressional deal for a $700 billion bailout of the hobbled financial industry.