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Unemployment claims drop for 2nd straight week

Unemployment claims drop for 2nd straight week

WASHINGTON -- The number of people requesting unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, suggesting that the slowing economy isn't prompting widespread job cuts.

Posted: Today at 8:40 am EDT
  • Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system

    Bernanke: Shut down banks if they threaten system

    WASHINGTON -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a panel investigating the financial crisis that regulators must be ready to shutter the largest institutions if they threaten to bring down the financial system.

    Posted: Today at 9:35 am EDT
  • Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off

    Risks remain with Gulf well cap coming off

    NEW ORLEANS -- The image of thick crude gushing from a blown-out oil well a mile beneath the Gulf of Mexico was turned off when a tightly fitting cap was secured on top a month-and-a-half ago.

    Posted: Today at 4:30 am EDT
  • Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming

    Discovery Channel hostage-taker hated programming

    SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A gunman police shot to death after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as "Kate Plus 8" because they promote population growth and its environmental programming because it did little to save the planet.

    Posted: Today at 8:35 am EDT
  • Dead suspect may be linked to 4 slayings in Calif.

    Dead suspect may be linked to 4 slayings in Calif.

    VALLEJO, Calif. -- A murder suspect who led officers on a high-speed chase with his dead girlfriend in the passenger seat is a central figure in the investigation of at least four killings, authorities said Wednesday.

    Posted: Today at 4:40 am EDT
  • Arrest made after manhunt shuts down Wash. freeway

    Arrest made after manhunt shuts down Wash. freeway

    EVERETT, Wash. -- A sheriff's spokeswoman in Washington state says tips from the public helped authorities make an arrest following a search for an armed suspect Wednesday that shut down a busy freeway and disrupted commuter traffic.

    Posted: Today at 4:40 am EDT
  • NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere

    NY Muslim groups decry hostile atmosphere

    NEW YORK -- It is "unethical, insensitive and inhumane" to oppose the planned mosque near ground zero, more than 50 leading Muslim organizations said Wednesday as they cast the intense debate as a symptom of religious intolerance in America.

    Posted: Today at 4:45 am EDT
  • Caught on camera: Truck hits motorcycle

    Caught on camera: Truck hits motorcycle

    IOWA CITY, Iowa -- A University of Iowa football player was hit by a truck while riding his motorcycle.

    Posted: Today at 9:00 am EDT
  • Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'

    Chicago police chief criticized for 'gang summit'

    CHICAGO -- The idea seemed simple though bold: Call reputed gang leaders to a meeting with top police and federal prosecutors and deliver an ultimatum to end killings in the nation's third-largest city.

    Posted: Today at 4:35 am EDT
  • Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel

    Police kill gunman who held 3 at Discovery Channel

    SILVER SPRING, Md. -- A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped to his body Wednesday and took three people hostage at gunpoint before police shot him to death, officials said.

    Posted: Yesterday at 10:55 pm EDT
  • Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast

    Island evacuations start as Earl nears East Coast

    NAGS HEAD, N.C. -- Hurricane Earl steamed toward the Eastern Seaboard on Wednesday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight shift in the storm's predicted offshore track could put millions of people in the most densely populated part of the country in harm's way.

    Posted: Yesterday at 8:30 pm EDT
  • Conn. woman promoting safe driving

    Conn. woman promoting safe driving

    WETHERSFIELD, Conn. -- Most students are heading back to school, and that means children are getting off buses and walking home along busy streets.

    Posted: Yesterday at 4:10 pm EDT
  • Troops, families glad to hear end to Iraq combat

    Troops, families glad to hear end to Iraq combat

    President Obama called America's troops the "steel in our ship of state." Many of those men and women of steel -- and the parents who helped forge them -- said they think the president is plotting the right course as he declares an end to combat in Iraq.

    Posted: Yesterday at 4:15 am EDT
  • 6 Oregon men settle Boy Scout sex abuse cases

    6 Oregon men settle Boy Scout sex abuse cases

    PORTLAND, Ore. -- Six men who alleged they were sexually abused by an Oregon Boy Scouts leader in the 1980s have settled their lawsuits against the group's national organization for undisclosed amounts, the plaintiffs' attorney said Wednesday.

    Posted: Yesterday at 2:05 pm EDT
  • NYPD suspends officer accused of not aiding girl

    NYPD suspends officer accused of not aiding girl

    NEW YORK -- A police officer accused of not helping an 11-year-old girl dying of an asthma attack has been suspended without pay.

    Posted: Yesterday at 4:45 am EDT
  • Studies link sleep deficits, health problems

    Studies link sleep deficits, health problems

    Life can be a little bit more tough when you do not get enough sleep, making focus and concentration difficult during the day.

    Posted: Yesterday at 8:50 am EDT
  • US manufacturing grows for 13th month

    US manufacturing grows for 13th month

    NEW YORK -- U.S. manufacturing expanded in August for the 13th straight month, lifting hopes that economic growth won't stall.

    Posted: Yesterday at 12:20 pm EDT
  • Automakers say US sales turn frail in August

    Automakers say US sales turn frail in August

    DETROIT -- Auto sales, once a bright spot in the economic recovery, stalled last month as the nation's largest car companies reported falling sales.

    Posted: Yesterday at 12:25 pm EDT
  • APNewsBreak: NY appeals court halts Indian tax

    APNewsBreak: NY appeals court halts Indian tax

    CATTARAUGUS INDIAN RESERVATION, N.Y. -- The latest in a tangled series of state and federal court decisions has halted New York state's plan to collect taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American retailers to non-Indian customers.

    Posted: Yesterday at 1:45 pm EDT
  • Explosions at Philly-area welding company

    Explosions at Philly-area welding company

    COLLINGDALE, Pa. -- Multiple explosions have been reported at a welding supply company in suburban Philadelphia and police are evacuating residents of the surrounding area.

    Posted: Yesterday at 1:50 pm EDT

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