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Monday, December 1, 2008

It’s official: US has been in a recession all year

By Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said...
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Informant: Fort Dix suspects trained for ’jihad’

By Associated Press
CAMDEN, N.J. - An FBI informant testified today at the trial of five men accused of plotting to kill soldiers at the Army’s Fort Dix that a trip they...

1 in 5 young adults has personality disorder

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even...
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Customers stew as kosher meat gets scarce

Rabbi Moishe Silverman stocks liver in a partially empty meat display at South Florida Kosher, a butcher shop in North Miami Beach, Fla., Tuesday.
By Associated Press
MIAMI - Rabbi Moishe Silverman stood taking inventory of a meat freezer at South Florida Kosher, the supermarket and...

Depression leads to internal fat in 70-somethings

By Associated Press
CHICAGO - Older people who are depressed are much more likely to develop a dangerous type of internal body fat — the kind that can lead to diabetes and...
Sunday, November 30, 2008

Space shuttle Endeavour lands in California

By Associated Press
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts are safely back on Earth. The space shuttle landed Sunday in sunny California,...

Space shuttle landing detours to California

This image taken Wednesday shows the aft section of Endeavour’s cargo bay backdropped against white clouds holding the multipurpose logistics module Leonardo, in this digital still photo, framed through a window on the International Space Station.
By Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Dangerously high wind and a stormy sky prevented space shuttle Endeavour from returning to its...

Space shuttle Endeavour finishes 16-day mission

The space shuttle Endeavour comes in for a landing at Edwards Air Force Base, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008 in Calif.
By Associated Press
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts safely returned to Earth on Sunday,...

’12 Days of Christmas’ items would cost $86,609

By Associated Press
PITTSBURGH - Given the economic downturn, even the most romantic might balk at the $86,609 price tag for the items in the carol, "The Twelve Days of Christmas." That’s...
Saturday, November 29, 2008

Astronauts ready, but weather ’iffy’ for landing

In this image rendered from video and provided by NASA-TV, Space shuttle Endeavour is seen, Friday.
By Associated Press
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Their work in orbit accomplished, space shuttle Endeavour’s astronauts got the green light...

Early data shows strong Black Friday shopping

Shoppers are reflected as they enter the Nike Store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile Saturday.
By Associated Press
CHICAGO - The nation’s retailers got a much-needed sales boost during Black Friday’s traditional shopathon...

Meltdown fallout: some parents rethink toy-buying

Jessica Luu, left, looks for deals as her friend’s baby, Kaylee Oliver, inspects a toy in the shopping cart, as shoppers at Toys ‘R’ Us at The Forum at Olympia Parkway in Selma, Texas look for the best savings on Black Friday.
By Associated Press
NEW YORK - In a season that inspires earnest letters about toys, one notable batch is being sent not by kids to Santa’s...

National Forest visitors down, no one knows why

In this file photo taken June 25, 2004, Christopher Mock, 24, of Los Angeles hikes the Salmon River Trail in the Mt. Hood National Forest, outside Zig Zag, Ore.
By Associated Press
GRANTS PASS, Ore. - In the years after World War II, Americans packed up their young families and Army surplus camping...
Friday, November 28, 2008

US Jewish, meditation groups’ members die in India

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - A New York rabbi and his wife were among the dead in the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, slain in a Jewish...
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Black Friday shoppers out in force, but cautious

By Associated Press
NEW YORK - Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, flocked to stores before dawn today to grab deals...
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