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1. President Bush says the financial markets are adjusting to the "extraordinary measures" the government has taken to stabilize¹ the economy. He did not specify² what additional steps the government might take. But Bush cancelled his travel plans for today and is staying in Washington in order to keep a close eye on Wall Street.

2. Major banks around the world are joining forces to inject as much as 180 billion dollars into global money markets. Stocks are rebounding³ this morning following yesterday's losses. But investors⁴ are still fearful that more big financial companies could fail.

3. The new I-35 bridge in Minneapolis opened for traffic this morning. Thirteen people were killed last year when the previous bridge collapsed⁵ into the Mississippi River. The new bridge reopens a major artery⁶ leading in and out of the city.

4. This isn't Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa but it is becoming a world-renowned masterpiece. An Iowa man made this nine-foot-by-nine-foot reproduction out of 12,000 sticky notes for an art contest. A YouTube video of his artwork has been viewed 14,500 times.