From: Washington: The long-anticipated U2 album comes out tomorrow. It's called "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb"... The music industry is counting on it to boost holiday sales.

From Los Angeles: It appears the punch-drunk dollar will continue stumbling this week...

From Los Angeles: The nation's passenger rail service could use a few trainloads of cash. A report released today says Amtrak is barreling toward a major disruption...

From Washington: This weekend marks the official start of the holiday shopping season. Today, the Consumer Federation of America issues its forecast of how much shoppers will be shelling out.

From Los Angeles: As we tally up the weekend box office Brian Watt reports on a survey showing 27 percent of movie audiences say they're going to fewer movies these days because they're sick of the pre-show advertising.

From New Delhi: India's pharmaceutical group Ranbaxy has withdrawn all its anti-AIDS drugs from the World Health Organization list...

From London: The U.S. and other leading industrial countries have agrees to write off billions of dollars owed to them by Iraq.