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Job losses hit black men hardest March 16, 2009
Some 8 percent of black men in the US have lost their jobs since November 2007
Bailed Roy Bennett tells of horror conditions in Mugabe jail March 16, 2009
Roy Bennett, one of the right-hand men of Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai
Canada Feb job losses more severe than forecast March 13, 2009
Global downturn triggered widespread layoffs
Border War: National Guard May Be Deployed to US-Mexico Border March 13, 2009
Escalating violence occurring at the US-Mexico border
Tech job losses slow nationwide March 12, 2009
Outlasting the recession longer than most industries
Saudis order 40 lashes for elderly woman for mingling March 10, 2009
40 lashes, four months imprisonment and deportation from the kingdom
Sensing Spring March 10, 2009
CFP Poetry online
The New York Times Sells Its HQ, Starts Paying $2 Million a Month in Rent March 10, 2009
Sale-leaseback deal with W.P. Carey & Co.
Stocks Finish Mixed amid Ugly Jobs News March 10, 2009
Employment report created speculation the economy might be near the bottom
Cops Probe Brutal Murder of Four in Alabama March 9, 2009
Police have charged a 24-year-old man with four counts of capital murder
Ford Working to Win Back “Lost Generation” March 7, 2009
Two-thirds of the automaker's lineup
Congenital stupidity March 7, 2009
Major political and monetary crisis
Highland Park: Man, 37, shot in gang feud March 6, 2009
Killed in a gang feud Sunday, March 1
Aluminum in Water Increases Alzheimer’s Risk March 6, 2009
Aluminum concentrations in drinking water may have an effect on cognitive decline
Police Now See Hike in Canada Drug Violence March 6, 2009
Olympic city as rival gangs battle over a dwindling supply of cocaine
Woman Reportedly Kills Look-Alike, Sells Victim’s Apartment in Moneymaking Scheme March 6, 2009
Been arrested on charges of murdering
Jury Convicts Two Men of Gunning Down Family Along Florida Turnpike March 6, 2009
Shooting Jose Luis Escobedo and his wife and two young sons.
Chris Brown Charged With Two Felony Counts in Alleged Assault on Girlfriend Rihanna March 6, 2009
Charges of assault and criminal threat against Brown
Worst job losses in 60 years expected March 6, 2009
650,000 families fell into a depression in February
U.S. February Job Losses May Have Been Largest in Six Decades March 6, 2009
Send more Americans into bankruptcy
U.S. economy sheds 651,000 jobs in February March 6, 2009
The unemployment rate to its highest in 25 years
China’s Team of Rivals March 5, 2009
Financial meltdown in China
Nationwide job losses continue to grow March 5, 2009
ADP reported that private employers cut 697,000 job
For SLO County schools, layoffs may be most ever March 5, 2009
Most of the laid-off school employees probably won’t be hired again next fall
Northrop plans 750 job cuts March 5, 2009
Eliminating duplicate positions
An ongoing case at a Canadian Humane Society March 5, 2009
Caution needed in dealing with the Humane Society
Creighton survey says job cuts will slow in Iowa March 5, 2009
We will see some impacts from the president's stimulus package
Our Troops in Afghanistan March 5, 2009
To the Members of the News Media and our Canadian Politicians
Rush Limbaugh challenges B. O. to a debate. Leader to leader. March 4, 2009
Will B. O. take the challenge? His intellect against that of Rush? Without a teleprompter?
Knife-wielding yob guilty of murdering Harry Potter actor Rob Knox March 4, 2009
Karl Bishop: faces a life sentence for murder