22,000 jobs vanish in a month
UNEMPLOYMENT rate hits a six-year high, but economists had expected the news to be worse.
Bailout Plan Wins Approval; Democrats Vow Tighter Rules
Even as President Bush signed the $700 billion economic bailout into law, lawmakers said it was only a first step and pledged to make a sweeping overhaul of financial regulation.
Swapping Land for a Road to Somewhere Divides Alaskans
ANCHORAGE - Among the many bills Congress is considering before it recesses for the November elections is a proposed land swap between the State of Alaska and the federal government that would allow a gravel road to be built through a remote national wildlife refuge.
Confronting Taliban, Pakistan Finds Itself at War
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up right on their doorstep.
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- 22,000 jobs vanish in a month
- 'Rudd-speak' confuses Germans, Aussies
- Seeing the Show Without Breaking the Bank
- To Fans, Older Stadiums Feel Like Home
- Explosion Kills 7 Russians in South Ossetia
- As Need Grows, County Bus Service Lags
- Confronting Taliban, Pakistan Finds Itself at War
- Beyond Nebraska's Prairies
- China's Dairy Farmers Say They Are Victims
To Fans, Older Stadiums Feel Like HomeThe best way to illustrate the scope of revolution in ballpark design is to look at the playoff series between the Cubs and the Dodgers, whose stadiums are the two oldest in the National League. | Explosion Kills 7 Russians in South OssetiaMOSCOW - A car bomb in the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali killed seven Russian peacekeepers and two others on Friday, raising tensions in the separatist enclave days before a scheduled pullback of Russian troops from Georgian territory. Bailout Plan Wins Approval; Democrats Vow Tighter RulesEven as President Bush signed the $700 billion economic bailout into law, lawmakers said it was only a first step and pledged to make a sweeping overhaul of financial regulation. To Fans, Older Stadiums Feel Like HomeThe best way to illustrate the scope of revolution in ballpark design is to look at the playoff series between the Cubs and the Dodgers, whose stadiums are the two oldest in the National League. |
Harsh Review of Restoration in Everglades
MIAMI - The eight-year-old, multibillion-dollar effort to rescue the Everglades has failed to halt the wetlands' decline because of bureaucratic delays, a lack of financing from Congress and overdevelopment, according to a new report.
To Fans, Older Stadiums Feel Like Home
The best way to illustrate the scope of revolution in ballpark design is to look at the playoff series between the Cubs and the Dodgers, whose stadiums are the two oldest in the National League.
Seeing the Show Without Breaking the Bank
There are plenty of ways to go to the theater -- and even get great seats to Tony Award-winning Broadway shows -- for under $50.
Swedish model's ex-lover not guilty
CHARLOTTE Lindstrom's former fiancee didn't conspire to murder two Crown witnesses, jury finds.
Swapping Land for a Road to Somewhere Divides Alaskans
ANCHORAGE - Among the many bills Congress is considering before it recesses for the November elections is a proposed land swap between the State of Alaska and the federal government that would allow a gravel road to be built through a remote national wildlife refuge.
As Need Grows, County Bus Service Lags
Taking the bus in Westchester is no simple matter. Land use patterns, topography and suburban mind-sets keep many behind the wheel.
'Rudd-speak' confuses Germans, Aussies
TRANSLATORS scramble for German equivalent of "detailed programmatic specificity".