The Coast Guard had a busy Labor Day weekend. 2 shrimp boats sank off the coast of Charleston. (Check out the Video)

Nettie Brooks of Moorefield, West Virginia is 101 years old, and was locked out of her home all Tuesday night.

The Treasury Department says the federal government already has run up a record deficit of $485.2 billion in just the first three months of the current budget year.

A family’s favorite Christmas present, a Shih Tzu puppy, fell down an abandoned well in Plum Borough, Pennsylvania.  Thanks to efforts made by firefighters, the puppy made it out and survived.

The Bush administration came to the rescue of the troubled U.S. auto industry Friday, offering $17.4 billion in loans in exchange for concessions from carmakers and their workers.

The House approved the rescue package 237-170 last night. It would provide loans to GM and Chrysler almost immediately. Ford would also be eligible for government help, although it says it’s
OK for now.

The Bush administration says the measure doesn’t do enough to ensure that only viable companies would get longer-term federal help.

President-elect Barack Obama says there isn’t a “minute to waste” in solving the nation’s economic crisis, which he says is likely to get worse before it gets better.  Hear his statement.

President Bush said Monday that there could be more decisions like the government’s dramatic rescue of Citigroup if other institutions need help.  Hear his statement.

Honea Path police said on Wednesday William Brock, the chief of the Honea Path rescue squad and the former assistant police chief, is being charged with three counts of assualt and battery of a high and aggravated nature.

Auto executives told a Senate panel yesterday and will tell a House committee today that if their companies fail, other businesses will also be pulled under, resulting in the loss of millions of jobs.

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson told Congress Tuesday that the administration remains firmly opposed to dipping into the government’s $700 billion financial bailout fund to provide the
Big Three automakers the $25 billion rescue they are seeking.

The White House says it supports aid for struggling automakers, but believes it should not come from the $700 billion financial system rescue fund.

GM, Ford and Chrysler are seeking $25 billion in emergency loans from the financial industry bailout package.

Sen. Chris Dodd suggests it would be better to wait until President-elect Barack Obama and a new Congress are sworn in.