Fed survey: economy deteriorated in Jan., Feb.
WASHINGTON - The country spiraled deeper into recession to start 2009, forcing widespread cutbacks and layoffs among everyone from blue-collar workers who once churned out construction equipment to white-collar professionals like business consultants and accountants.
Nations:U.S. People:Ben Bernanke Barack Obama Activities:2008 U.S. Recession
2009-03-04
Jobless hit with bank fees on benefits
For hundreds of thousands of workers losing their jobs during the recession, there's a new twist to their financial pain: Even as they're collecting unemployment benefits, they're paying bank fees just to get access to their money.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Source:(AP)
2009-02-20
A historic moment unfolds in frigid temps
WASHINGTON - A vast, excited crowd of more than 1 million bore witness Tuesday to a transfer of American power like none before it. The blare of regal trumpets and thunder of cannon were familiar. The transition from Republican to Democrat, and gray hair to dark, had happened before.
Nations:U.S. People:Orrin Hatch Edward Kennedy Barack Obama John McCain Dick Cheney George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2009-01-20
Big chill clamps down on upper Midwest
CHICAGO - Forecasters say temperatures in the upper Midwest could be the coldest in years Friday as chilly Arctic air keeps spilling south from Canada.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-16
Bitter cold hits hard because of economic meltdown
ST. LOUIS - William Davis has lived on the streets since the recession cost him his job as a commercial painter. Over the last eight months, he's made it through heat waves, wind storms, rain, snow and ice.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2009-01-15
Teacher sees end of diversity's lesson as Lindbergh transfer program winds down
ST. Louis (ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH) - Demetrious Adams' memories of his first day as a desegregation transfer student run from the number assigned to the bus (TSP006) that carried him from St. Louis, to his first impression of the south St. Louis County neighborhood surrounding his new school.
Nations:U.S.
2009-01-14
Homicides are down in some large US cities
MILWAUKEE - Killings dropped by a third here last year, making Wisconsin's largest city among the nation's most successful in tackling its 2008 murder rate.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2009-01-03
Skies to clear in Midwest, easing flooding fears
CHICAGO - The skies were expected to clear in the Midwest on Sunday as the residents surveyed the damage from summerlike storms that a day earlier pounded the region with hail, high winds and even funnel clouds.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-12-28
Bad weather delays Christmas travelers in West
LOS ANGELES - Colleen Stone and her family left their Illinois home Saturday hoping to fly to Seattle and spend Christmas with her parents.
Nations:U.S. Canada Source:(AP)
2008-12-23
Committee to urge inventory of nation's levees
ST. LOUIS - The United States needs a complete inventory of all levees and a national safety standard for the last line of defense against floods, say members of the National Committee on Levee Safety.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Midwest Flood Source:(AP)
2008-12-11
Anheuser-Busch InBev to cut 1,400 US jobs
BRUSSELS, Belgium - Anheuser-Busch InBev announced Monday it would cut some 1,400 U.S. jobs -- or another 6 percent of its U.S. work force -- to help save the world's largest brewer at least $1.5 billion a year.
Nations:Brazil U.S. Activities:InBev Buys Anheuser Source:(AP)
2008-12-08
Social workers boosting expertise on money woes
NEW YORK - Against the backdrop of the economic meltdown, a movement is building within the ranks of America's social workers to make their profession more adept at helping clients overcome financial woes.
Nations:U.S. Activities:2008 U.S. Recession Global Financial Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-09
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