Election spurs 'hundreds' of race threats, crimes
Cross burnings. Schoolchildren chanting "Assassinate Obama." Black figures hung from nooses. Racial epithets scrawled on homes and cars.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama Activities:US Election 2008 Source:(AP)
2008-11-15
U.S. foreclosure rates up 25 percent year-over-year
MIAMI - The number of homeowners caught in the wave of foreclosures in October grew 25 percent nationally over the same month in 2007, data released Thursday showed.
Nations:U.S. People:Henry Paulson Activities:U.S. Foreclosure Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
Democrats expand control of Senate by 5 seats
WASHINGTON - Democrats fattened their majority control of the Senate on Tuesday, ousting Republican Sens. Elizabeth Dole of North Carolina and John Sununu of New Hampshire and capturing seats held by retiring GOP senators in Virginia, New Mexico and Colorado.
Nations:U.S. People:Al Franken Pete Domenici Norm Coleman Susan Collins Wayne Allard Tim Johnson Activities:US Election 2008
2008-11-05
Nevada, Michigan, Florida lead 'underwater' list
Here's a shocker: almost half of Nevada homeowners with a mortgage owe more to the bank than their homes are worth.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. Foreclosure Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-10-31
US foreclosure filings up 71 percent in 3Q
WASHINGTON - The number of homeowners ensnared in the foreclosure crisis grew by more than 70 percent in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period in 2007, according to data released Thursday.
Nations:U.S. Activities:U.S. Foreclosure Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-10-23
Obama, Democrats on track to landslide victory
WASHINGTON -- Barring a dramatic change in the political landscape over the next three weeks, Democrats appear headed toward a decisive victory on Election Day that would give them broad power over the federal government.
Nations:U.S. People:Barack Obama John McCain Richard Nixon John Kerry Al Gore Jimmy Carter Activities:US Election 2008
2008-10-14
FAA says communication breakdown delaying flights
ATLANTA - The Federal Aviation Administration said a communication failure Tuesday at a Georgia facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. was causing flight delays around the country.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-26
Georgia men claim hairy, frozen corpse is Bigfoot
PALO ALTO, Calif. - Bigfoot or big fat lie? Whenever someone reports sighting the hairy beast of yore (details always fuzzy) or capturing the hirsute humanoid on film (images always grainy), it scares up a dubious debate of international proportions. Friday was just the latest episode in the Sasquatch show, as unreal as it may be.
Nations:U.S. Source:(AP)
2008-08-15
S&P: Home prices drop by record 15.8 pct. in May
NEW YORK - Home prices tumbled by the steepest rate ever in May, according to a closely watched housing index released Tuesday, as the housing slump deepened nationwide.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Global Financial Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-07-29
Stocks soar on drop in oil, Wells Fargo report
NEW YORK - Wall Street at least temporarily shrugged off some of its many concerns Wednesday and bounded higher thanks to a drop in oil prices. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 276 points, or 2.5 percent, posting its best daily gain in three months.
Nations:U.S. Germany Japan France Activities:U.S. Markets
2008-07-16
Prosecutor: DNA clears JonBenet Ramsey's family
BOULDER, Colo. - Prosecutors cleared JonBenet Ramsey's parents and brother Wednesday in the 1996 killing of the 6-year-old beauty queen, saying they were "deeply sorry" for putting the family under a cloud of suspicion that hung heavy for more than a decade.
Nations:U.S. Thailand Activities:1996 JonBenet Murder Case Source:(AP)
2008-07-09
Sticker shock at the supermarket
Atlanta - Tonya Brown never used to mess much with coupons and in-store "10 for $10" sales. But over the weekend, this mom from Decatur, Ga., came armed to the Kroger grocery store with a fistful of store coupons and sent her kids, Jordan and Nia, out into the aisles in search of bargains.
Nations:U.S. Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis 2008 U.S. Recession Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-06-11
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