Posts Tagged ‘nation’
Nation adds 200,000 jobs in December hiring surge (AP)
AP – Four painful years after the Great Recession struck and wiped out 8.7 million jobs, the United States may finally be at the start of a virtuous cycle — an escalating loop of robust job growth, healthier spending and higher demand.
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NKorea media laud son, nation grieves Kim Jong Il (AP)
AP – Streams of mourners, some wailing and some grim-faced, placed flowers at monuments around the North Korean capital Tuesday in memory of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, while state media hailed Kim’s son and heir-apparent as a man “born of heaven” — suggesting the transition to a new leadership was firmly on track.
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Nation marks 70th anniversary of Pearl Harbor (AP)
AP – In wheelchairs and on walkers, the old veterans came Wednesday to remember the day 70 years ago when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor. But FDR’s “date that will live in infamy” is becoming a more distant memory.
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Russia’s ruling party wary as nation votes (AP)
AP – Russians cast their ballots with muted enthusiasm in national parliament elections Sunday, a vote that opinion polls indicate could water down the strength of the country’s dominant party.
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Eyes of nation on Ohio vote on union-limiting law (AP)
AP – A ballot battle in Ohio that pits the union rights of public workers against Republican efforts to shrink government and limit organized labor’s reach culminates Tuesday in a vote with political consequences from statehouses to Pennsylvania Avenue.
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With Sox falling, Nation must look to Yanks
The Tampa Bay Rays are trying to accomplish something never done before: erase a nine-game September deficit to reach the playoffs. Sunday, they managed another unprecedented feat. With an 8-5 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park, they converted a nation of Boston fans into Yankee fans. Tampa’s victory cut Boston’s lead in the AL wild-card race to two games with 10 to play for each team.
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Nation honors 9/11 heroes, victims
Across the nation Sunday, Americans went to the tallest building around and trudged up and down in the stairwells to honor the 343 firefighters who died in the World Trade Center ten years ago.
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