Wikinews:2008/September/4

• Fear and loathing on the campaign trail, August 2008
• Dow falls 340 points amid unemployment and retail sales rates news
• Pre-election call in Canada, Conservatives start ads, including during kids TV
• Google removes ownership claim from Chrome EULA
• Tropical Storm Ike upgraded to hurricane status
• Frank McEnulty continues White House run for New American, Reform parties, independently; talks to Wikinews
• Sony recalls 440,000 laptops due to wiring faults