Friday, May 7, 2010

Excluding Census, jobs increase 224000; jobless rate rises to 9.9% - MarketWatch


Los Angeles Times


Excluding Census, jobs increase 224000; jobless rate rises to 9.9%

MarketWatch


WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The US added 290000 jobs in April, the biggest increase since March 2006, with broad gains throughout the economy. Yet the unemployment rate rose. However, nonfarm payrolls increased by a ...


U.S. Economy Added 290000 Jobs in April

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Thursday, May 6, 2010

Dow Plunges Most Since 1987 Before Paring Losses; Euro Tumbles - BusinessWeek


Globe and Mail


Dow Plunges Most Since 1987 Before Paring Losses; Euro Tumbles

BusinessWeek


May 6 (Bloomberg) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its biggest intraday loss since the market crash of 1987, the euro slid to a 14-month low and yields on Greek, Spanish and Italian bonds surged on ...


US Stocks Plummet As Greece Contagion Fears Grow

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Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Government Tightens No-Fly Rules After Lapses - New York Times


Globe and Mail


Government Tightens No-Fly Rules After Lapses

New York Times


WASHINGTON â€" Homeland security officials on Wednesday ordered airlines to speed up checks of names added to the no-fly list, a requirement that might have prevented Faisal Shahzad, the accused Times Square bomber, from boarding a flight ...


US revamps airline "no-fly" after failed NY bomb

Reuters


US closes no-fly loophole exposed by Faisal Shahzad

Christian Science Monitor


NYT: Shahzad Waives Right to Speedy Arraignment

CBS News


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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Suspect Was Citizen for Just a Year - New York Times


Washington Post


Suspect Was Citizen for Just a Year

New York Times


The Connecticut man arrested in the failed Times Square car bombing had lived in the United States for most of the last decade and was naturalized as an American citizen in Bridgeport last April, officials said on Tuesday. ...


Faisal Shahzad: Who is the terror suspect behind the Times Square car bomb?

New York Daily News


Pakistan makes arrests connected to NYC bomb attempt

Reuters


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Monday, May 3, 2010

Administration Eyes Foreign Link in Times Square Bomb Plot - FOXNews


The Hindu


Administration Eyes Foreign Link in Times Square Bomb Plot

FOXNews


The investigation into the Times Square car bomb has started to reveal information that suggests the failed attack was the work of an international plot, a senior administration official told Fox News. A New York City police officer stands watch in ...


Times Square bomb scare: Reporters stumble out of theater, into major story

New York Daily News


Man with 'furtive manner' catches attention of Times Square investigators

Los Angeles Times


US sees foreign ties in NY car bomb plot: report

Reuters


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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Oil Spill Options Are Weighed as Obama Travels to Gulf - New York Times


The Hindu


Oil Spill Options Are Weighed as Obama Travels to Gulf

New York Times


NEW ORLEANS â€" As President Obama traveled to Louisiana on Sunday for a first-hand briefing on the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, federal officials in Washington said they were putting their hopes on drilling a par »


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Saturday, May 1, 2010

In Gulf Oil Spill, Fragile Marshes Face New Threat - New York Times


The Hindu


In Gulf Oil Spill, Fragile Marshes Face New Threat

New York Times


Thousands of feet of containment boom line the Louisiana coast, an effort to protect the shore from the encroaching oil spill. By LESLIE KAUFMAN and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON COCODRIE, La. â€" With oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico unabated and officials ...


Weather hinders gulf oil spill fight

Los Angeles Times


Weather hampers Gulf of Mexico oil slick clean-up

BBC News


Obama navigates tricky task surrounding Gulf Coast oil spill

Washington Post


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