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Middle East |
A cease-fire agreement between Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas
rulers took effect Wednesday night, bringing an end to eight days
of the fiercest fighting in…
Economy |
WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and
hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first
thought. The unemployment rate…
Crime |
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP)—Former Penn State President Graham B. Spanier
was charged Thursday with hushing up child molestation allegations
against Jerry…
Economy |
WASHINGTON (AP)—Weekly applications for unemployment benefits
dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 last week, a level
consistent with modest…
Weather |
NEW YORK (AP)—Millions of people from Maine to the Carolinas awoke
Tuesday without power, and an eerily quiet New York City was all
but closed off by car,
Crime |
FOREST HILL, Texas (AP)—The Rev. Danny Kirk Sr. greeted everyone
walking into his Texas church on Sundays with a big hug and an "I
love you." His weekdays…
Weather |
NEW YORK (AP)—Hurricane Sandy bore down on the Eastern Seaboard's
largest cities Monday, forcing the shutdown of mass transit,
schools and financial…
Economy |
Stocks are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street after the
government reported a slight pickup in U.S. economic growth. The
gains were held in check…
Middle East |
BEIRUT (AP)—Fighting raged near a military base in Syria's north as
a cease-fire in the bloody civil war was set begin Friday at dawn,
activists said,
Crime |
UPDATE: BALTIMORE (AP)—A former megachurch maintenance man accused
of killing a volunteer leading a prayer service was charged more
than a decade ago with a…
Libya |
WASHINGTON (AP)—Two hours after the U.S. Consulate came under
attack in Benghazi, Libya, the White House was told that a militant
group was claiming…
