- Employers hire more workers than expected
3 Sep 2010 at 11:36am
Private employers hired more workers than expected in August, lifting hopes for the weak U.S. economy, but the nation?s unemployment rate rose for the first time in four months.
Employment - Unemployment - United States - Recreation - Picture Ratings
- Life Inc.: Government cuts weigh on job market
3 Sep 2010 at 10:59am
Employment - United States - Business - Business and Economy - Canada
- Earl, downgraded to Cat. 1, heads north
3 Sep 2010 at 11:37am
Forecasters downgraded Hurricane Earl to a Category 1 storm Friday, but warned that they expect it to remain a large hurricane as it approaches southeastern New England.
North Carolina - Hurricane Earl - United States - Time Warner Cable - Tropical cyclone
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11 Mar 2010 at 12:51am
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- Deadly bomb blast rocks rally in Pakistan
3 Sep 2010 at 11:52am
The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility on Friday for a suicide bombing that killed at least 43 people in the southwestern city of Quetta.
Pakistan - Quetta - Asia - Balochistan - Government
- Ex-egg farm workers say complaints ignored
3 Sep 2010 at 9:37am
U.S. Agriculture Department employees worked full-time at two Iowa egg farms at the center of a salmonella outbreak, but two former workers said they ignored complaints about conditions at one site.
United States - Agriculture - Iowa - Food and Drug Administration - U.S. Agriculture Department
- Drugmakers script social media to push meds
3 Sep 2010 at 9:44am
It wasn't what you would call a casual get-together. A popular New York blogger attended a brunch with fellow "frazzled moms." They took in tips from a style expert and listened to a nurse extol the virtues of Mirena, a birth control device sold by Bayer Healthcare. The nurse was on Bayer's payroll.
birthcontrol - Bayer - Social media - New York City - Health
- 70-year-old scientist sparks airport bomb scare
3 Sep 2010 at 7:33am
A 70-year-old scientist sparked a bomb scare at Miami airport Thursday evening when screeners found a metal canister in his luggage that looked like a pipe bomb, a government official said.
Miami International Airport - Aviation - Airports - Business - Transportation and Logistics
- Gates: U.S. troops face 'tough days' ahead
3 Sep 2010 at 3:34am
As the last of 30,000 U.S. reinforcements arrive in Afghanistan, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday got a firsthand look at operations in the dangerous south.
Afghanistan - Robert Gates - United States Secretary of Defense - Asia - Hamid Karzai
- U.S. court backs 'Ladies Night' promotions
3 Sep 2010 at 11:25am
- Mom?s hug revives baby that was pronounced dead
3 Sep 2010 at 10:04am
?He?s doing things dead babies don?t do ? you might want to come see this!? Kate Ogg told doctors who had declared her premature baby dead. After the Australian mom held him to her body for two hours in a method called ?kangaroo care,? the infant stirred to life.
Preterm birth - Infant - Australia - Infant mortality - Health
- 7 defendants convicted in Portugal sex abuse trial
3 Sep 2010 at 10:34am
Seven people were convicted of child sex abuse in Portugal on Friday in a major trial that lasted nearly six years, a prosecutor said.
Portugal - Child sexual abuse - Child abuse - Trial - Casa Pia
- Teen accidentally texts sheriff to buy pot
3 Sep 2010 at 8:27am
General rule of thumb: when looking to buy marijuana, don't text the sheriff. Authorities said a Helena teen sent out a text message last week in search of pot, but instead of contacting the drug dealer, he hit a wrong number and inadvertently sent the message to Lewis and Clark County Sheriff Leo Dutton.
Sheriff - Cannabis - Illegal drug trade - Text messaging - Lewis and Clark County Montana
- Fuel tanker runs aground in Canadian Arctic
2 Sep 2010 at 5:56pm
A fuel tanker loaded with 9 million liters (2.4 million gallons) of diesel fuel has run aground in Canada's Far North but none of the fuel has spilled, the Canadian Coast Guard said on Thursday.
Canada - Canadian Coast Guard - Diesel fuel - Arctic - Nunavut
- Iranian opposition leader's home attacked
3 Sep 2010 at 9:58am
Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.
Iran - Middle East - Mir-Hossein Mousavi - Mehdi Karroubi - Basij
