From Los Angeles: Students counting on financial aid for college may want to check out that spending bill Congress sends to the president this week...

From New York: Today we'll find out how existing home sales looked for October. One large immigrant group that's generally considered in no need of help on the home buying front is the Asian-American community...

From Boston: Retailers like Walmart see RFIDs - radio frequency identification tags - as a hi-tech inventory tool. Now these smart labels have won FDA approval to help stop medical mistakes.

From Miami: President Bush met with Columbia's president yesterday to talk about that country's pricey battle against cocaine.

From Los Angeles: If you're a struggling major airline, the last thing you do is buy four dozen new planes. American Airlines told Boeing yesterday it couldn't afford the $2.7 billion it would take to purchase 54 jets. At least not right now.

From Washington: Retailers are always warning people to holiday shop before it's too late. Well the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning that lots of early shoppers may have bought toys that have since been recalled.

From London: Air travel can still be highly profitable in spite of the soaring cost of fuel and increasing competition. One of Europe's main low-cost carriers, Easy Jet, has just reported a big jump in earnings.

From Los Angeles: Used to be, states paid for road repairs and construction with money it collected from taxing gasoline. But that tax can be politically tough to raise-and most states haven't raised them much in recent years.