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GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the May jobs report shows that the economy is not creating jobs "as fast as we want," but he says the economy will improve. Obama says that "we will come back stronger. We do have better days ahead." Obama was responding to the government's jobs report […]
SEATTLE (AP) — A gunman opened fire at a Seattle cafe on Wednesday, killing three people, critically wounding two others and setting off a manhunt that forced officials to close nearby schools, authorities said. Police searching for the suspect also had to respond to another fatal shooting near the city's downtown. They say a man […]
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A consortium of 13 media companies, including The Associated Press, is challenging efforts to seal certain documents in the second-degree murder case of the neighborhood watch volunteer charged with killing Trayvon Martin. The list includes most of Florida's major media organizations. The motions filed Tuesday challenged efforts by both prosecutors and […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a five-week high, evidence that the job market remains sluggish. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly applications for unemployment aid rose 10,000 to a seasonally adjusted 383,000. The four-week average, a less volatile measure, increased for the first time in […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Leap Wireless, the parent of the Cricket cellphone service, says it will be the first U.S. phone company to sell the iPhone on a prepaid, no-contract basis. Starting June 22, Leap will start selling the iPhone 4S starting at $500 and the iPhone 4 starting at $400. Service will cost $55 […]
A new documentary released by Al Jazeera claims that Sesame Street songs are being used to torture prisoners at Guantanamo Bay. The documentary called Songs of War says that detainees are allegedly forced to wear headphones and listen to the songs repeatedly. Sesame Street composer Christopher Cerf does not believe the allegations are true. "Of […]
High school senior, Eric Arty won $400 when he was the first of his friends to win the affections of their social studies teacher Julie Warning. The 18 year-old student and his friends each wagered $100 three months into the school year at Manhattan Theatre Lab High School. Arty’s rendezvous with his 28-year old […]
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Registered sex offenders who have been banned from social networking websites are fighting back in the nation's courts, successfully challenging many of the restrictions as infringements on free speech and their right to participate in common online discussions. The legal battles pit public outrage over sex crimes against cherished guarantees of individual […]
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — John Edwards was acquitted on one charge of campaign finance fraud and a mistrial was declared on five other counts Thursday when jurors said they couldn't decide if he illegally used money to hide his pregnant mistress while he ran for president. The monthlong trial exposed a sordid sex scandal that […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is sharing a stage with former President George W. Bush, the predecessor he often inveighs against, in a friendly White House welcome for the unveiling of the 43rd president's official portrait. Obama told Bush and an assembly of former Bush aides and cabinet members: "We may have our differences […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has signed legislation that renews the charter of the Export-Import Bank for three years and increases the banks lending cap to $140 billion from the current $100 billion. The bank is the governments vehicle for promoting U.S. export sales. Obama says the move will help thousands of businesses sell […]
LEIDSCHENDAM, Netherlands (AP) — Former Liberian President Charles Taylor was sentenced to 50 years imprisonment Wednesday for arming and supporting murderous rebels in Sierra Leone in return for "blood diamonds," a landmark sentence activists hope will send a clear message to despots around the world that they will be held to account for sponsoring atrocities. […]
