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Unemployment rate shoots past 10%

WASHINGTON — Just when it was beginning to look a little better, the economy relapsed Friday with a return to double-digit unemployment for only the second time since World War II and warnings … more

By Jeannine Aversa and Christopher S. Rugaber
AP Economics Writers | 11/7/09 | 96 views

Democrats struggle to get health-bill votes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid intense lobbying by the Obama administration, House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation, offering … more

11/7/09 | 93 views

News In Brief

LONDON — Prime Minister Gordon Brown warned Afghanistan’s government on Friday to take action against corruption, saying he would not risk more … more

11/7/09 | 89 views

Suspect in Orlando office shooting had money woes

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A man so broke that he said he didn’t have the money to visit his son 30 minutes away opened fire Friday at the engineering firm that fired him two years ago, killing one … more

11/7/09 | 61 views

Fort Hood suspect said methodical goodbyes

FORT HOOD, Texas — As if going off to war, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to thank him for his friendship … more

By Mike Baker and Brett J. Blackledge
Associated Press Writers | 11/7/09 | 293 views

Bank in Ardmore held up

Authorities launched a manhunt for a robber who threatened employees at an Ardmore, Tenn., bank with a gun Friday afternoon and then fled with cash. The suspect, clad in all black clothes, walked … more

By Tiffeny Hurtado
Staff Writer | 11/7/09 | 167 views

Slaughter at Army base

FORT HOOD, Texas — An Army psychiatrist set to be shipped overseas opened fire at the Fort Hood Army post Thursday, authorities said, a rampage that killed 12 people and left 31 wounded in the … more

By April Castro
and Devlin Barrett
Associated Press Writers | 11/6/09 | 779 views | 8 comments

The Neighborhood rebuilt

PITTSBURGH — For just this weekend, a neighborhood in this city that has lain dormant in boxes and under plastic coverings for nearly a decade is coming back to life. Everyone important will … more

By Ramit Plushnick-Masti
Associated Press Writer | 11/6/09 | 74 views

Dems press for health care votes

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama and House Democrats scrambled Thursday to secure the votes to pass an historic health care overhaul initiative, working to ease disagreements with … more

By Erica Werner
and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
Associated Press Writers | 11/6/09 | 68 views

Scientist: Oswald with rifle photo real

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — The infamous photograph of Lee Harvey Oswald holding a rifle in his backyard would have been nearly impossible to fake, according to a new analysis by a Dartmouth College … more

11/6/09 | 92 views