WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment rates fell in fewer than half of U.S. states, evidence that slower hiring has affected many parts of the country. The unemployment rates in 24 states dropped, the Labor Department said Friday. Rates rose in 13 states and Washington, D.C, and were flat in 13. That’s a significant decline from April, [...]
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June 18, 2011
June 15, 2011
Crews Race to Build Up Levee Protecting Iowa Town
HAMBURG, Iowa — Dozens of workers raced Tuesday to add several feet to a levee that now stands as the lone barrier between Hamburg and the floodwaters of the Missouri River that threaten to fill the small town like a bathtub. Crews working for the Army Corps of Engineers hoped to pile at least three [...]
June 9, 2011
Ariz. Wildfires Displace Hundreds
PHOENIX – A forest fire that has scorched over 480 square miles in eastern Arizona flared out of control for a 10th day on Tuesday and advanced on two mountain towns near New Mexico, forcing hundreds more people from their homes. The latest evacuations raised the number of residents displaced by the wildfire, the second-largest [...]
June 1, 2011
Depression Did I Just Read Depression? CNBC Just Printed Depression…
Wall Street is having a hard time figuring out what to do now that the U.S. economy appears to be sputtering and yields are so low, Peter Yastrow, market strategist for Yastrow Origer, told CNBC. “What we’ve got right now is almost near panic going on with money managers and people who are responsible for [...]