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Job growth slowed again in April; rate ticks down

WASHINGTON — One month of slower job growth might have been a blip. Two suggest a worrisome trend: The economy may be faltering again.

May 5 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Republicans try to shut down talk of becoming VP

WASHINGTON — Tag. I’m not it. Republicans considered to be up-and-comers are scrambling to declare a lack of interest in becoming Mitt Romney’s running mate, taking themselves off the still-forming short list of would-be vice presidents. With Romney poised to win the GOP nomination in June, if not earlier, some of the focus has shifted to his pick for the No. 2 spot on the ticket. But no one is rushing forward and many of the top prospects are trying to shut down the conversation before it begins.

Apr 4 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

S&P cracks 1,400 for first time since 2008

NEW YORK — The stock market cleared another barrier Thursday in its long recovery from the Great Recession: The Standard & Poor’s 500 index closed above 1,400 for the first time since June 2008.

Mar 15 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Gingrich targeting ‘Super Tuesday’ states

DALTON, Ga. — Plotting a comeback, Newt Gingrich looked beyond Tuesday’s Republican presidential primaries in Michigan and Arizona to the Southern voters he hopes will rejuvenate his struggling campaign once more, including in his home state.

Feb 28 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Romney fights to avoid home-state embarrassment

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Mitt Romney hoped to avoid an embarrassing home-state loss in Tuesday’s Michigan primary but blamed his difficulty attracting needed support from the state’s conservative Republicans on his unwillingness “to light my hair on fire” to get their votes.

Feb 28 2012 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Fed: 4 men got terror ideas from underground novel

GAINESVILLE, Ga. — In the violent underground novel Absolved, right-wing militia members upset about gun control make war against the U.S. government. This week, federal prosecutors accused four elderly Georgia men of plotting to use the book as a script for a real-life wave of terror and assassination involving explosives and the highly lethal poison ricin.

Nov 2 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Economy adds 103,000 jobs, but it’s not enough

WASHINGTON — The jobs crisis isn’t getting worse. But it isn’t getting much better, either. The economy added just enough jobs last month to ease fears of a new recession. But hiring is still too weak to bring down unemployment, which has been stuck at about 9 percent for more than two years.

Oct 8 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »

Once a fringe candidate, Paul shaping 2012 race

DES MOINES, Iowa — Ron Paul, once seen as a fringe candidate and a nuisance to the establishment, is shaping the 2012 Republican primary by giving voice to the party’s libertarian wing and reflecting frustration with the United States’ international entanglements.

Aug 14 2011 | Posted in AP News | Read More »