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Boeing Workers Vote To Strike
5 Sep 2008 at 5:07pm
Boeing's machinists have voted to strike, but also to return to the bargaining table for one last try. Boeing and the International Association of Machinists will have 48 hours to see if they can close the gap on pay, benefits and job security.
Obama: GOP Convention Ignored Middle-Class Woes
5 Sep 2008 at 4:58pm
Barack Obama said the Republican convention's focus on John McCain's biography came at the expense of the struggles of the middle class. The comments came in a campaign appearance in Duryea, Pa., a day after McCain became the GOP presidential nominee.
McCain, Palin Cast Themselves As Outsiders
5 Sep 2008 at 4:57pm
Sen. John McCain and his running mate, Sarah Palin, cast themselves as reformers determined to challenge the political establishment. They appeared at a campaign stop in Cedarburg, Wis., a day after McCain accepted the Republican presidential nomination.
August Unemployment At Five-Year High
5 Sep 2008 at 4:32pm
The Labor Department says that employers cut nearly 84,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate for the month was a five-year high of 6.1 percent. Job losses in June and July were also found to be worse than previously believed.
Study: Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted
5 Sep 2008 at 12:02pm
Sea levels could rise between 2.5 and 6 feet this century as a result of global warming, a new study reports. That estimate is lower than some widely circulated figures.
Searching For The 'Disappeared' In Colombia
5 Sep 2008 at 11:38am
Forensic anthropologists are searching for the "disappeared" in Colombia — thousands of people killed by death squads and buried in unmarked graves. Many of the disappearances were not reported out of fear.
Overbooking Blues: Stuck In The Middle Seat
5 Sep 2008 at 1:57pm
With more flights filled to capacity, airline passengers are rediscovering the middle seat. Airplanes are now typically more than 80 percent full, and that can translate into a host of problems for travelers — including the possibility of getting bumped.
What Hanna Did To Haiti
5 Sep 2008 at 1:00pm
Tropical Storm Hanna has killed over a hundred people in Haiti, and thousands more are still displaced. Madeleine Brand talks to Louis Vigneault of UNICEF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.
'Marketplace' Report: Unemployment Soars
5 Sep 2008 at 1:00pm
August was a bad month. Employers slashed 84,000 jobs and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high. We explore why this is particularly bad for female workers.
Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth
5 Sep 2008 at 2:21pm
Think the feminists who protested the 1968 Miss America pageant in the name of women's liberation burned their bras? Think again. No bras were set aflame that September day. But the idea that they were helped launch the movement onto the national stage.
Global Economic Worries Flare Up Again
5 Sep 2008 at 10:34am
Fears about the global economy have flared up again, with worries starting in the United States and then infecting Asian markets. Nearly every stock index in Asia lost 2 percent to 3 percent of its value Friday, and European shares also started the trading day lower. The latest flight from financial markets was sparked by gloomy reports on U.S. retail sales and the U.S. labor market.
Abramoff Gets 4 Years In Jail, Pens Memoir
5 Sep 2008 at 10:27am
Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a Washington, D.C., corruption scandal, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. According to the Washington Post, he told the judge he is no longer the person who "happily and arrogantly" engaged in a lifestyle of corruption. In fact, he's now a writer.
European Leaders Meet On Georgia-Russia Conflict
5 Sep 2008 at 8:53am
European foreign ministers open two days of talks Friday in southern France to discuss sending civilian monitors to Georgia. The aim is to convince Russia to remove its troops.
Detroit Mayor Acknowledges 'Poor Judgment'
5 Sep 2008 at 8:43am
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has agreed to step down later this month and serve 120 days in a county jail as part of a plea deal. Kilpatrick's resignation ends an almost six-month fight to stay in office amid obstruction of justice charges. Thursday night, Kilpatrick made his first public speech to Detroiters after the plea bargain.
Bad Economic News Sends Stocks Tumbling
5 Sep 2008 at 8:42am
The stock market took another hit Thursday on bad economic news. All of the major indices were down. On Friday morning, investors awaited the government's latest jobs report.