#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.24bce35bc52549e09a55558b0c08abca.economy_nybz157.jpg?x=93y=130q=85sig=Us72n7M1v3ugGdCvh_asLg--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="In this Oct. 27, 2008 file photo, a customer pumps gas for $1.99 a gallon at the Dixie Deli gas station in Fairfield, Ohio. Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount. (AP Photo/Al Behrman, File)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - Consumer prices plunged by the largest amount in the past 61 years in October as gasoline pump prices dropped by a record amount.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_go_co/congress_autos">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.baa81008154d4f37a556e820da706b8a.congress_autos_dcgh231.jpg?x=130y=59q=85sig=v8z94isTMgAM46hXsWLAYQ--" align="left" height="59" width="130" alt="Ford CEO Alan Mulally, left, Chrysler CEO Robert Nardelli , center, and General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, right, testify at a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs hearing on the automotive industry bailout on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2008. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - The senior Republican on the Banking Committee said Wednesday he doesn#039;t believe there will be a turnaround in the troubled U.S. auto industry until its top management is ousted and its manufacturing operations are revamped.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>

#60;p>#60;a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081119/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/clinton_secretary_of_state">#60;img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081118/capt.cps.ogf47.181108235135.photo01.photo.default-512x341.jpg?x=130y=86q=85sig=9AaXGBxrfamPbTaa1wqZGg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US president-elect Barack Obama (L) and New York Senator Hillary Clinton address supporters during a rally at Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida, in October 2008. Signs that Barack Obama may make once bitter foe Hillary Clinton his secretary of state are provoking a flurry of questions over the president-elect#39;s motivation and vision for foreign policy.(AFP/File/Emmanuel Dunand)" border="0" />#60;/a>AP - Former President Bill Clinton has offered several concessions to help Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, his wife, become secretary of state, people familiar with President-elect Barack Obama#039;s transition vetting process said Wednesday.#60;/p>#60;br clear="all"/>