Three winks and a "heckuva": while blogs left and right dissect Palin's folsky phrases and Biden's words on healthcare, the consensus is that neither screwed anything up.

$700,000,000,000: The House begins debate on the bailout bill. "This may be the day America dies," warns one Republican rep. So, uh, watch out?

159,000: American jobs cut in September, proving that America has been dyin' all month long!

$7 a share: Wells Fargo agrees to buy that failure of a bank, Wachovia - no gov't assistance needed.

1 in 5 have HIV: in South Africa, where foster families try to deal with the now-teenaged AIDS orphans.

$850,000 donation:Right wing initiative junkie Bill Sizemore is in court fighting charges of sleazy campaigning and contempt of court for funneling all kinds of donations through "sham foundations."

13 animals: A 7-year-old Australian boy breaks into a zoo and feeds 13 reptiles to the zoo crocodile.