Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent
By JEANNINE AVERSA
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The nation's unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is in ...
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'Broken man' Abramoff gets 4 years in prison
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Broken and disgraced, lobbyist Jack Abramoff will spend four years in prison for his role in a corruption scandal that upended Washington politics and contributed to the Republicans' loss of ...
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McCain tells convention, nation he'll bring change
By DAVID ESPO and ROBERT FURLOW
Associated Press Writers
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- John McCain, a POW turned political rebel, vowed Thursday night to vanquish the "constant partisan rancor" that grips Washington as he launched his fall campaign ...
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Detroit Mayor Kilpatrick pleads guilty, resigns
By COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE
Associated Press Writers
DETROIT (AP) -- Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick pleaded guilty to felony charges Thursday in a sex scandal, forcing him out of office after months of defiantly holding onto his job leading the natio ...
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Detroit mayor, soon off to jail, talks of comeback
By ED WHITE and COREY WILLIAMS
Associated Press Writers
DETROIT (AP) -- Only hours after agreeing to resign and serve time in jail as part of plea deal, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick expressed regret for the scandal that has engulfed the city -- and ...
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FEMA to cover hotel costs for some Gustav evacuees
By KEVIN McGILL
Associated Press Writer
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Victims of Hurricane Gustav who can't return to their homes over the next month because of storm damage or power outages can have their hotel costs covered by the Federal Emergency M ...
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Duck Stamp error sends callers to sex line
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- People calling a federal phone number to order duck stamps are instead greeted by a phone-sex line, due to a printing error the government says would be too expensive to correct.
The ...
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Army: soldier suicide rate may set record again
By PAULINE JELINEK
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Soldier suicides this year could surpass the record rate of last year, Army officials said Thursday, urging military leaders at all levels to redouble prevention efforts for a force s ...
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FDA orders stronger warnings for 4 arthritis drugs
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Food and Drug Administration ordered stronger warnings Thursday on four medications widely used to treat rheumatoid arthritis and other serious illnesses, saying they c ...
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Abramoff gets 4 years prison in corruption scandal
By MATT APUZZO
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Jack Abramoff, the once powerful lobbyist at the heart of a far-reaching political corruption scandal, was sentenced to four years in prison Thursday by a judge who said the case had s ...
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Productivity up strongly while labor costs dip
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans' productivity soared in the spring while labor costs declined, two welcome outcomes that should relieve concerns that inflation is getting out of hand.
The Commerce Departmen ...
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Palin revs up Republicans for McCain
By GLEN JOHNSON
Associated Press Writer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) -- The Republican presidential nomination his at last, John McCain makes his case for the presidency to the GOP convention and the nation after his surprise choice for vice president, Alaska Gov. ...
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