Sep 9, 2010Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest Level In Months
The Labor Department says new claims for unemployment aid plunged last week by a seasonally adjusted 27,000 to 451,000. Economists had predicted a much smaller decline of just 2,000.
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Sep 9, 2010Obama: Quran-Burning Would Benefit Al-Qaida
The president, appearing on ABC's Good Morning America, exhorts a Florida minister to call off his plan to engage in a Quran-burning protest this weekend, saying it would serve as a "recruitment bonanza for al-Qaida."
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Sep 9, 20104 Al-Qaida-Linked Prisoners On The Lam In Iraq
The Iraqis escaped from the American-controlled part of a maximum-security prison in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials said. The U.S. has handed over control of detention facilities to the Iraqi government but has retained custody of some of the most dangerous prisoners.
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Sep 8, 2010Letters To The Editor: Mayor Or Alderman?
Dear The Onion,
Remember that guy from last week or so who was some kind of mayor or alderman? He was against wrecking something, like a building, or maybe it was a park? He didn't want some parking garage or gas station put in its place? Well, I disagree...
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