Parents: Slain anchorwoman was sexually assaulted
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - A television anchorwoman killed in her home had been sexually assaulted and beaten so badly in a suspected burglary that her jaw shattered and she broke a hand while trying to fend off her attacker's blows, her parents said Monday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Murder of Anne Pressly Source:(AP)
2008-12-01
Retail season starts strong, but a long haul ahead
New York - In Rochester, N.Y., the roads were clogged at 4 a.m. last Friday as shoppers hit the malls looking for bargains. In Burlington, Mass., it took as long as 25 minutes to find a parking spot early that day. And at Lenox Square in Atlanta, throngs of shoppers hunted for discounts at shoe retailer Nine West.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Global Recession Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-12-01
DNA ties suspect in Ark. anchor slaying to rape
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Forensic evidence gathered at the home of a slain television anchorwoman led police to a man now also suspected of raping a school teacher in eastern Arkansas, officials said Friday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Murder of Anne Pressly Source:(AP)
2008-11-28
Black Friday shoppers out in force, but cautious
NEW YORK - Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, flocked to stores before dawn Friday to grab deals on everything from TVs to toys on the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, feared to be the weakest in decades.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 Global Recession Source:(AP)
2008-11-28
Police nab suspect in anchor's death, seek answers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Police for weeks had neither a suspect nor a motive in the beating death of a popular television anchorwoman. A suspect is now in custody, but many questions remain unanswered.
Nations:U.S. People:Oliver Stone Activities:Murder of Anne Pressly Source:(AP)
2008-11-27
Retail sales fall by record amount in October
WASHINGTON - Retail sales plunged by the largest amount on record in October as the financial crisis and the slumping economy caused consumers to sharply cut back on their spending.
Activities:2008 Global Recession Source:(AP)
2008-11-14
Dow ends up nearly 553 in rebound from selloff
NEW YORK - Wall Street launched a massive rebound Thursday, muscling the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 553 points after driving it down near its lows for the year, as investors decided they did not want to miss out on cheap stocks.
Activities:U.S. Markets Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Vanishing jobs, stressed consumers feed downturn
WASHINGTON - Ford plans to cut about 2,260 more jobs, the latest in a vicious cycle of vanishing jobs and stresses on American consumers that is spelling deeper trouble for the already sinking U.S. economy.
People:Nancy Pelosi Activities:2008 Global Recession
2008-11-07
Longer-term jobless benefits hit 25-year high
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of out-of-work Americans continuing to draw unemployment benefits has surged to a 25-year high, while shoppers turned extra frugal, further proof of the damage from sinking economy, credit problems and financial stresses.
Activities:2008 Global Recession Source:(AP)
2008-11-06
Democrats expand control of Senate by 5 seats
WASHINGTON - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado.
Nations:U.S. People:Al Franken Pete Domenici Norm Coleman Susan Collins Wayne Allard Tim Johnson Activities:US Election 2008
2008-11-05
Feds disrupt skinhead plot to assassinate Obama
WASHINGTON - Two white supremacists allegedly plotted to go on a national killing spree, shooting and decapitating black people and ultimately targeting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, federal authorities said Monday.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-10-27
Ark. anchorwoman dies in hospital after beating
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - An Arkansas television anchorwoman died Saturday, several days after she didn't answer her wake-up call and was found beaten in her home, hospital officials said.
Nations:U.S. People:Oliver Stone Activities:Murder of Anne Pressly Source:(AP)
2008-10-26
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