AP - Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, tearing off roofs and sending waves crashing into buildings, as 900,000 Cubans fled to shelters or higher ground and Havana residents in decaying historic buildings prepared for a direct hit.

AP - Most storm-hardened residents of the Florida Keys stayed put Monday despite day-old instructions to evacuate as a ferocious Hurricane Ike ripped across Cuba and stayed on track to swipe the low-lying island chain.

AP - Stock prices soared in the opening minutes today after a weekend announcement that the U.S. government plans to bail out mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The Dow Jones industrial average is up 343.03 to 11,563.99. The Nasdaq Composite has jumped 46.62 to 2,302.50. And the Standard & Poor 500 has climbed 31.55 to 1,273.86.