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Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000
WASHINGTON - New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy likely added jobs in July, although not enough to lower the nation's high unemployment rate.First-time claims for ....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:46:29 AM
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2nd US Navy sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jar....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:34:25 AM
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Mother Nature helping firefighters battle Cal fire
TEHACHAPI, Calif. - Firefighters say calm, cool morning weather has dampened a Kern County wildfire that's burned 25 structures.The blaze about 10 miles south of Tehachapi still threatens 150 homes but fire spokesman John Buchanan says he sees mainly smo....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:22:24 AM
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Arizona preparing appeal of immigration ruling
PHOENIX - Arizona is preparing to ask an appeals court to lift a judge's ruling that put most of the state's immigration law on hold in a key first-round victory for the federal government in a fight that may go to the U.S. Supreme Court.Paul Senseman, a....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:16:24 AM
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2nd US Navy sailor's body recovered in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan - A second U.S. Navy sailor who went missing in a dangerous part of eastern Afghanistan was found dead and his body recovered, a senior U.S. military official and Afghan officials said Thursday.The family of Petty Officer 3rd Class Jar....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:10:22 AM
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Rangel wary as ethics charges to become public
WASHINGTON - New York Rep. Charles Rangel steeled himself for a bad day Thursday as a jury of his congressional peers prepared to publicly discuss ethical charges against the former committee chairman clinging to a job he's held in the House for 40 years....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:04:19 AM
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Initial jobless claims drop to 457,000
WASHINGTON - New jobless claims fell last week for the third time in four weeks but remain elevated. The decline is a sign that the economy added jobs in July, still not enough to lower the nation's high unemployment rate.The Labor Department said Thursd....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 7:04:19 AM
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Saggy pants foolish but legal, NYC judge rules
NEW YORK - Wearing saggy pants is not a crime, just foolish.That's how a New York City judge ruled in throwing out a summons issued to a man wearing low-slung pants that exposed his underwear.Judge Ruben Franco said that the summons appeared to be an att....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 6:46:14 AM
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4 killed in plane crash at Alaska military base
ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska - Four airmen were killed when a cargo plane crashed during a training run at an Alaska Air Force base, sending a fireball hundreds of feet into the air, military authorities and witnesses said."We lost four members of ou....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 6:40:17 AM
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Rangel wary as ethics charges to become public
WASHINGTON - New York Rep. Charles Rangel steeled himself for a bad day Thursday as a jury of his congressional peers prepared to publicly discuss ethical charges against the former committee chairman clinging to a job he's held in the House for 40 years....
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Source:Associated Press/AP Onlin
Date:7/29/2010 6:40:17 AM
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