A $26 billion jobs bill for teachers. World markets wobble. Former Senator Ted Stevens dies in a plane crash. Our weekly news roundtable goes behind the headlines.

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Specialist John Urbanowicz rubs his eyes as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2010, in New York. Stocks and interest rates tumbled as investors around the world took a bleaker view of the U.S. economy. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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