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Obama leads McCain by 48 percent to 44 percent among likely voters, down 2 percentage points from the lead he enjoyed on Sunday.
The Democratic presidential candidate tried to urge committed Democrats and independents to vote for him.
The Republican presidential candidate currently trails by Barack Obama by 6 points in the latest Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll.
Barney Frank, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, said he will put together a new economic stimulus bill when Congress returns after the election.
The national average fell from $3.65 to $3.30 in two weeks, Lundberg Survey has reported.
Wells Fargo and Citigroup were in a battle to acquire Wachovia, before Citigroup dropped out last week.
Stratton had recently suffered a heart attack and died at his Los Angeles area home.
Amid reports of looting by militias, Pres. Saakashvili accused Russian troops of "ethnically cleansing" the rebel areas of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
The moves come as all three Detroit-based automakers are struggling with a plunge in U.S. sales to 15-year lows and facing tough questions from investors.
The FBI marched out a panel of outside scientific experts in an effort to end lingering doubts on whether Dr. Bruce Ivins was solely responsible for the attacks that killed five people and shook a nation.