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U.S. jobless rate drops to 7.2%

  Employers add 148,000 jobs in September, falling short of expectations chicagotribune.com Article Reprint U.S. employers added 148,000 jobs in September, falling short of the 180,000 expected, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.2 percent,

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Notorious BIG declared too fat to have street corner named after him

The late rapper’s criminal history also failed to impress community leaders By:Liam O’Brien Article Reprint Proposals to name a Brooklyn street corner after the late rapper Notorious BIG have hit a stumbling block – a

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Even Oprah isn’t on board with ObamaCare

By Edward Klein Article Reprint As the White House was gearing up to sell ObamaCare to the American people last summer, Valerie Jarrett, the president’s pointwoman on a host of issues, phoned Oprah Winfrey. She

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Escaped Killers Joseph Jenkins And Charles Walker Captured In Panama City Beach

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON and MELISSA NELSON Article Reprint PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. — PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) — With two convicted killers back in police custody, authorities have shifted attention to finding out who

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Home> U.S. Escaped Florida Killers May Have Paid $8,000 for Forged Release Papers

Unfortunately your browser does not support IFrames. Breaking News By JOSH HASKELL, STEVE OSUNSAMI, DAN HARRIS and ALEXIS SHAW Article Reprint Two convicted murderers who escaped from a Florida prison may have paid someone thousands

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Home> U.S. Controversial Gang Injunction Overturned by Utah Supreme Court

By LIZ FIELDS Article Reprint Members of an Odgen street gang will be allowed to freely gather in public once more, after the Utah Supreme Court overturned a controversial injunction that had barred them from

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Study: Almost Half of Public School Students Are Now Low-Income

A new study reminds us that poverty is the giant backpack dragging down American students.  By: Jordan Weissmann Article Reprint In America, what you earn depends largely on your success in school. Unfortunately, your success

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Booker wins NJ Senate seat, says he’s ‘a scrapper’

By ANGELA DELLI SANTI and KATIE ZEZIMA, Article Reprint NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s U.S. senator-elect says he’s ready to go to Washington and channel Americans’ frustration with Congress into energy for change. Newark

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