LOS ANGELES -- A commuter train struck and killed a man in Los Angeles Wednesday and witnesses told police they saw him jump onto the tracks, police said.

WASHINGTON -- With a financial rescue plan facing a tough sell on Capitol Hill, President Bush has scheduled a prime-time address Wednesday night that he hopes will convince regular Americans of its relevance and "get this over the goal line" with lawmakers.

GALVESTON, Texas -- Thousands of people returned on Wednesday for the first time since their island city was blasted by Hurricane Ike nearly two weeks ago, choosing home over warnings that Galveston is "broken" and infested with germs and snakes.

CHICAGO -- Inhaler drugs used by millions of people with emphysema and bronchitis may slightly raise the risk for heart attacks and even death, a study suggests.

WASHINGTON -- The Senate passed a giant tax package Tuesday that saves more than 20 million taxpayers from the bite of the alternative minimum tax.

Mark Endres has 19 years left to pay on his mortgage and the Philadelphia barber is not expecting anyone to cut him any slack. So what's all this talk about the government writing a $700 billion check to Wall Street?

UNITED NATIONS -- Iran's leader flashed a thumbs-down Tuesday as President Bush denounced Tehran as a sponsor of global terrorism in his farewell address to the U.N.

KAUHAJOKI, Finland -- The YouTube clips were ominously familiar: Video of a young man firing a handgun, texts praising war and death.

WASHINGTON -- Presidential rivals Barack Obama and John McCain warily addressed the nation's financial crisis and a proposed $700 billion response Tuesday, demanding changes in the Bush administration's plan without specifying exactly what would trigger their outright opposition.

YANGON, Myanmar -- Myanmar's longest-serving political prisoner was among more than 9,000 inmates freed Tuesday, days before the first anniversary of the junta's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests led by Buddhist monks. Win Tin, a journalist-turned-activist and aide to pro-democracy opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, was held for 19 years. He was one of at least seven political prisoners released, Amnesty International said.

PHILADELPHIA -- A city police officer pursuing an armed suspect Tuesday afternoon was fatally shot, the fourth Philadelphia officer to die in the line of duty in the last year, authorities said. Another officer was wounded and the suspect was killed.

CHICAGO -- A member of a prominent Chicago family faces a felony gun charge after being arrested Tuesday when he approached security barriers outside Barack Obama's home. The U.S. Secret Service insisted he never posed a threat to the Democratic presidential candidate.