XML FeedsArchives for: August 2009, 06
Activists say no letup for health care protests
By News on Aug 6, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Conservative activists are vowing to keep up their fight against President Barack Obama's health care plans, even as the Democratic Party pushes back hard, accusing Republicans of organizing angry mobs....
Senate confirms Sotomayor for Supreme Court
By News on Aug 6, 2009
Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SOTOMAYOR_SENATE?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate confirmed Sonia Sotomayor Thursday as the first Hispanic justice on the Supreme Court. The vote was 68-31 for Sotomayor, President Barack Obama's first high court nominee. She becomes the 111th justice and just the third woman to serve....US food stamp list tops 34 million for first time
By News on Aug 6, 2009
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - For the first time, more than 34 million Americans received food stamps, which help poor people buy groceries, government figures said on Thursday, a sign of the longest and one of the deepest recessions since the Great Depression....
New jobless claims drop more than expected
By News on Aug 6, 2009
Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_ECONOMY?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell last week, the government said Thursday, a sign that the job market is making gradual improvement....Sluggish July sales show tight-fisted consumers
By News on Aug 6, 2009
Link: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_RETAIL_SALES?SITE=ILMOL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
NEW YORK (AP) -- Shoppers, worried about job security and finding fewer options among the sales bins, remained tight-fisted in July, resulting in sluggish sales for many merchants and raising concern about the back-to-school shopping season's health....