SPB News for Saturday.

GOP ex-governor to stump for Obama

Former Republican Congressman Wayne Gilchrest is fed up with McCain: Supports Obama

Bank of America chief: half of banks won't exist in 5 years - In a speech in Washington, D.C. on Friday, Bank of America Corp. CEO Ken Lewis said he envisions a banking industry that is smaller but better.

Vermont candidate to prosecute Bush if she wins Charlotte Dennett, the Progressive Party's candidate for Vermont Attorney General, said Thursday she will prosecute President [sic] Bush for murder if she's elected Nov. 4. Dennett, an attorney and investigative journalist, says Bush must be held accountable for the deaths of [hundreds of] thousands of people in Iraq -- U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians.

McCain loses ground as Palin bounce shrinks amid economic turmoil John McCain... was confronted with strong evidence that his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, has wiped out his postconvention bounce and regained the initiative. After a week of economic turmoil and his damaging remark on Monday that "the fundamentals of our economy are strong" - spoken as Lehman Brothers was declaring bankruptcy - Mr McCain aggressively sought to regain his footing.

Official: Why weren't managers charged in oil-sex scandal? The Interior Department's watchdog criticized the Justice Department on Thursday for declining to prosecute the managers of an oil- and gas-royalty program that's been tainted by allegations of illicit sex, drug use and taking favors worth thousands of dollars. The Justice Department prosecuted two employees from the Minerals Management Service, but Inspector General Earl Devaney said he didn't know why the department's lawyers didn't act on his recommendation to prosecute two high-ranking officials who've since retired.

Audit shows many missing weapons at U.S. agency The Justice Department's Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives had 76 weapons and 418 laptop computers lost, stolen or go missing in a five-year period through 2007, according to a report released on Wednesday.

McCain Seen as Less Likely to Bring Change, Poll Finds --Latest poll indicates 'the Palin effect' was a limited burst of interest Despite an intense effort to distance himself from the way his party has done business in Washington, Senator John McCain is seen by voters as far less likely to bring change to Washington than Senator Barack Obama. He is widely viewed as a "typical Republican" who would continue or expand President [sic] Bush’s policies, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.