Republicans dodge disaster with House win WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republicans celebrated a crucial U.S. House of Representatives win in a conservative California district on Wednesday, but Democrats said the narrow margin of victory showed their message of change could be effective in November's midterm elections.
Another losing day for Wall St. The Dow Jones industrials fell for the fourth straight session Wednesday and closed below 11,000 for the first time in nearly three months as concerns about inflation and uncertainty about interest rates continued to hound investors.
