| Bad news drops stocks way down |
| Wall Street plunged Thursday, sending the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points as retailers and the Labor Department added to the mountain of dismal economic news that has all but dashed investors' ... |
Sep 05, 2008 12:05:53 GMT
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| Russia backed over Georgia, angry at US |
| Russia has won backing over Georgia from six heads of ex-Soviet states and hit out at the United States for sending a navy flagship to a key Georgian port where its troops have been patrolling. |
Sep 05, 2008 20:12:52 GMT
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| Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified |
| Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. |
Sep 05, 2008 07:15:24 GMT
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| 2 students shot, wounded at Thai protest rally |
| Thai police warned students Friday to avoid street protests after a gunman shot and wounded two students demonstrating against the embattled prime minister, raising new fears of violence in the country's tense ... |
Sep 05, 2008 09:40:11 GMT
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| Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent |
| 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 inflicting on workers and ... |
Sep 05, 2008 11:44:50 GMT
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| Al-Qaeda Warns of Attacks on West |
| Al-Qaeda's top commander in Afghanistan warned of more attacks against the West in a video posted on the Web that paid tribute to a suicide bomber said to have carried out the June bombing of the Danish Embassy ... |
Sep 05, 2008 20:06:45 GMT
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| Haitians running low on food, water |
| Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute food at orphanages marooned by tropical storm Hanna yesterday. |
Sep 05, 2008 11:16:26 GMT
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| Floods cause chaos in Haiti |
| Floodwaters frustrated efforts by Argentine peacekeepers to distribute food at orphanages marooned by Tropical Storm Hanna on Thursday. |
Sep 05, 2008 15:03:00 GMT
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| Bush to Announce U.S. Troop Levels Next Week |
| President Bush will announce his decision on future troops levels in Iraq next week, and is expected to largely follow the recommendations of his military leaders to cut troop levels there by up to 8,000 by ... |
Sep 05, 2008 20:00:44 GMT
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| Late Payments, Foreclosure Rates Hit Record |
| A record 9 percent of American homeowners with a mortgage were either behind on their payments or in foreclosure at the end of June, as damage from the housing crisis continues to mount, the Mortgage Bankers ... |
Sep 05, 2008 20:06:50 GMT
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