For Americans, deficit pain is felt close to home
MIAMI (Reuters) - Christopher O'Neill is worried about the deficit. The deficit, that is, in his personal income after the 26-year-old Miami finance analyst was forced to find a temporary job paying $20,000 a year less than he earned until January when he was laid off from his auditor's post in Miami.
Nations:U.S. India People:Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Source:(Reuters)
2009-11-04
Future of GOP and moderate Republicans uncertain
ALBANY, N.Y. - In a Republican Party struggling to find its identity, the surprise withdrawal of the chosen GOP candidate for a New York congressional race amid a rising conservative upstart renews a lingering national debate: Are moderates welcome in today's Grand Old Party?
Nations:U.S. People:Sarah Palin Fred Thompson John Boehner Rush Limbaugh Newt Gingrich Barack Obama
2009-11-01
Largest US sting on drug cartel arrests 300-plus
OKLAHOMA CITY - In the largest single strike at Mexican drug operations in the U.S., authorities arrested more than 300 people in a sting that demonstrates an upstart cartel's vast reach north of the border.
Nations:Mexico U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-22
Tenn. mom left to wonder when she'll see 4 kids
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A week ago, Maria Gurrolla was celebrating the birth of her fourth child. A blue yard sign announced: "IT'S A BOY!" She visited a local welfare office that helps low-income mothers.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-04
Newborn snatched from Tennessee home missing
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Eric Peterson heard a bang on his door in his quiet Nashville neighborhood and opened it to a woman covered in blood.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-10-01
Southeast floods block highways; toll rises to 8
AUSTELL, Ga. - Washed-out roads and flooded interstate highways around Atlanta added to the misery Tuesday after days of torrential rain in the Southeast that claimed at least eight lives, including a 15-year-old boy whose body was found in the Chattooga River.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-09-22
Friend: Slain woman, accused husband had split
FAYETTEVILLE, Tenn. - A southern Tennessee woman and her husband, who is accused of killing her and five other people in two states, had been having marital troubles and were not living together, a man who says he knew the couple told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-07-19
Police: McNair shot dead in sleep by girlfriend
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former NFL star Steve McNair was shot dead in his sleep last week by a 20-year-old girlfriend distraught about mounting financial problems and her belief that he was seeing someone else, police said Wednesday.
Nations:U.S. People:Steve McNair Source:(AP)
2009-07-08
Ex-NFL QB Steve McNair, woman found slain in Tenn.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Police worked Sunday to unravel the relationship between slain former NFL quarterback Steve McNair and his friend, a 20-year-old woman who was found shot to death alongside him in his downtown condominium.
Nations:U.S. People:Steve McNair Peyton Manning
2009-07-05
Winter strikes back in late eastern US storm
NEW YORK (AFP) - Late-season snow and high winds punched through the eastern United States Monday, killing at least five people as the freeze snapped power lines, closed schools and snarled air and road traffic.
Nations:U.S. Canada People:Michael Bloomberg Source:(AFP)
2009-03-02
Ferocious storm dumps heavy snow on East Coast
NEW YORK - A ferocious storm packing freezing rain, heavy snow and furious wind gusts paralyzed most of the East Coast on Monday, sending dozens of cars careening into ditches, grounding hundreds of flights and closing school for millions of kids.
Nations:U.S. People:Michael Bloomberg
2009-03-02
Nearly 5 million are getting unemployment benefits
WASHINGTON - The number of laid-off workers receiving unemployment benefits has jumped to an all-time high near 5 million while new jobless claims remain well above 600,000. Both figures were worse than expected and new projections from the Federal Reserve show unemployment rising for the rest of this year.
Nations:U.S. People:Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Layoff Crisis 2008 U.S. Recession Source:(AP)
2009-02-19
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