Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3 pct.
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AP - In a long-awaited surge of hiring, companies added 243,000 jobs in January — across the economy, up and down the pay scale and far more than just about anyone expected. Unemployment fell to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years. |
Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants
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AP - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand. |
Hackers intercept FBI, Scotland Yard call
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AP - Trading jokes and swapping leads, investigators from the FBI and Scotland Yard spent the conference call strategizing about how to bring down the hacking collective known as Anonymous, responsible for a string of embarrassing attacks across the Internet. |
Activists say 23 dead in Syria violence
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AP - Deadly clashes erupted between government troops and rebels in suburbs of the Syrian capital and villages in the country's south Friday, sparking fighting that killed at least 23 people, including nine soldiers, activists said. |
| Micron CEO dies in plane crash
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| Muslims to NY attorney general: Investigate NYPD
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