US Swimmer Michael Phelps has shot at breaking Mark Spitz's record for most gold medals won by an American in a single Olympics. Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Michael Phelps has won six Olympic gold medals.

Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

The Cuban women's volleyball team is hoping for more gold in Beijing.

The Cubans won gold medals at Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996 and Sydney 2000 and bronze in Athens 2004.

Deborah Lutterbeck

Jul 22- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is working to build support for his plan to help Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The plan could cost taxpayers as much as $25 billion according to the Congressional Budget Office. Bobbi Rebell reports.

Jul 22 - Dolly was upgraded to a hurricane from a tropical storm but oil prices still fell due to small risk of disruption to Gulf operations.The Dow surged 135 points to 11,602.
The S&P 500 gained 17 points to 1,277.
The Nasdaq rallied 24 points to 2,303.
Crude oil lost more than $3 to settle at $127.95 a barrel.

Conway Gittens reports from New York.

Jul 22 - On the run for 11 years, former wartime president of the Bosnian Serbs Radovan Karadzic faces two indictments by the war crimes tribunal.Karadzic faces charges for the deaths of unarmed civilians during the siege of Sarajevo and for his role in the massacre of 8,000 Muslims in the Bosnian town of Srebrenica in 1995.Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Jul 15 - General Motors announced plans to cut $10 billion in costs and repair its balance sheet as the worst sales slump in a decade threatened its future.The beleaguered automaker plans to slash thousands of white-collar jobs, cut its dividend, seek new financing, and sell some of its assets in an attempt to prevent a slide into bankruptcy.Conway Gittens reports

Jul 15 - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the U.S. economy is facing "significant downside risks", which was not received well on Wall Street. The Dow dropped 92 points to 10,962. The S&P 500 lost 13 points to 1,214. The Nasdaq rallied 2 points to 2,215.
Crude oil had its biggest one-day dollar drop in 17 years.
Conway Gittens reports.

Jul 15 - In Curacao, there is gold in Sprinter Churandy Martina's smile: He is hoping for the same from the Olympics. While he has been training in Texas, he will represent Netherlands Antilles -- which Curacao is a part of -- at the summer Olympics.Deborah Lutterbeck reports.

Jul 15 - With Barack Obama planning a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, the presumptive Democratic nominee laid out his vision for Iraq's future.Obama laid out his strategy for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan-- prior to talking to U.S. commanders in the region and before visiting Afghanistan for the first time.

Jon Decker reports from Washington.

A highly-anticipated government rescue plan for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac was downplayed as the third biggest bank collapse in U.S. history added to fears.The Dow dropped 45 points to 11,055. The S&P 500 lost 11 points to 1,228. The Nasdaq fell 26 points to 2,212. Conway Gittens reports.