Posts Tagged ‘hits’
Unemployment rate hits 8.3 pct. after hiring burst (AP)
AP – In the most impressive surge for the job market since the middle of last decade, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.
View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories
NHL hits Bruins’ Ference with 3-game ban
The NHL doled out a three-game suspension to Bruins defenseman Andrew Ference for his dangerous boarding of Rangers defenseman Ryan McDonagh in New York’s 3-2 overtime win Saturday at TD Garden.
View full post on NYDN Rss Article only
Republicans rally around Romney after hits on Bain (AP)
AP – An array of Republicans and conservatives — including some of Mitt Romney’s sharpest critics — rushed to the GOP presidential front-runner’s defense Thursday to counter efforts to paint the former venture capitalist as a job-killer. Under fire, Romney rivals Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry backed off from directly attacking Romney’s tenure at the helm of Bain Capital.
View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories
America hits the brakes on health care spending (AP)
AP – Is health-care relief finally in sight? Health spending stabilized as a share of the nation’s economy in 2010 after two back-to-back years of historically low growth, the government reported Monday.
View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Seeking NH buzz, Romney hits Obama; rest swat him (AP)
AP – Reaching for a big New Hampshire boost, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ran down President Barack Obama’s economic policies on Thursday as his GOP rivals leveled a one-two-three punch at any notion of inevitability for the former Massachusetts governor.
View full post on Yahoo! News: Top Stories
Stray bullet hits Fla. boy in head
A Florida boy is fighting for his life after being struck in the head by a bullet police believe was fired miles away.
View full post on NYDN Rss Article only
Mega Millions jackpot hits $206 million for post-Christmas drawing
Sunday is Christmas, but Mega Millions players are betting the biggest present of all will come Tuesday. With no winners in Friday night’s drawing, the Mega Millions jackpot has hit a whopping $206 million for Tuesday’s drawing.
View full post on NYDN Rss Article only
