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On the eve of All Hallows Eve, second graders at Washington D.C.'s Maret School read Double, double, toil and trouble from Shakespeare's Macbeth. Adults also render a version of the passage from the play.

German authorities begin a major crackdown on tax evasion, armed with an extensive list of clients of a bank in Liechtenstein. The tiny principality is a favored destination for the money of wealthy Germans avoiding the taxman.

Federal correctional officers are gathering outside the Justice Department on Wednesday to protest budget cuts and cutbacks to the federal inmate work program. The officers say it's the only program they have left to keep inmates out of trouble.

Authorities in Texas have begun allowing residents to return to Galveston Island to begin their lives again after Hurricane Ike. One lifelong resident who has returned says Galveston Island looks like "one great, big toilet bowl."

The city of Rio Rancho, N.M., is the hub of a swing county in the middle of a swing state. Both campaigns are working their ground game hard. Democrats are hopeful that Barack Obama's lead in the polls will hold, but Republicans have a long history of turning out big on Election Day.

Holding his first post-election news conference, Barack Obama said quick action is needed to deal with "the greatest economic challenge of our lifetime." Obama emphasized that he will take steps "immediately after" he becomes president.

Federal officials are expected to release details of their investigation into Bruce Ivins, a government scientist who was being eyed in connection with the fatal anthrax attacks of 2001. Ivins committed suicide earlier this week.

The first openly gay man elected to major public office was gunned down in 1978, after serving less than a year on San Francisco's Board of Supervisors. A new film tells his story — just as his memory fades among younger gay people.

American military personnel or those living overseas can encounter problems getting their absentee ballots. In 2006, only a third of the absentee ballots requested by these voters were counted. Two organizations are using their Web sites to combat this.

NASA's Johnson Space Center invited The Kitchen Sisters to visit its "hidden kitchen." On the eve of NASA's scheduled launch of space shuttle Atlantis, The Kitchen Sisters present a brief history of space food.