(Undated) -- There has been a slight increase in the national unemployment rate. The Labor Department says the jobless rate in August was nine-point-six-percent, up just a tenth of a point from July ...Read More
(Washington, DC) -- President Obama is looking to Congress to give small businesses a boost. Just ahead of the Labor Day weekend, Obama emphasized the economy is headed in a positive direction, and jobs are being created, but more is needed to accelerate that jobs growth ...Read, Hear and Watch More
(Undated) -- Ferrari has issued a recall for its 458 Italias because some of them have burst into flames. The "New York Daily News" reports since the sports cars left the factory in Northern Italy, at least six of them have caught fire ...Read More
(Jasper County, MS) -- Ford Motor Company has settled a lawsuit after being ordered to pay 131-million-dollars to a baseball player's estate. The settlement was reached in a lawsuit over a Ford Explorer rollover death before punitive damages could be considered in the trial ...Read More
(Undated) -- Labor Secretary Hilda Solis won't be taking a day off on Monday. Instead, she'll be busy unveiling a new website to help jobless people find a way to adapt their skills to a green workforce ...Read & Hear More
(Miami, FL) -- Former Hurricane Earl is now a tropical storm with sustained winds around 70 miles per hour. At eleven p.m. Eastern time, the center of Tropical Storm Earl was about 90 miles south southeast of Nantucket ...Read More
(Yarmouth, MA) -- Residents and visitors in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, are preparing for whatever Hurricane Earl might bring. Red Cross spokeswoman Donna Morrissey talks about those preparations. She says the Red Cross is ready to provide suppliesand emergency services people might need depending on the impact of Hurricane Earl in southeastern Massachusetts ...Read & Hear More
(Washington, DC) -- Controversial Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Arizona has been sued by the Department of Justice. The legal action accuses Arpaio of refusing to give his full cooperation to the department's probe of alleged national origin discrimination ...Read More
(Undated) -- If the rumors are true, it looks like Jennifer Lopez isn't out of the running to join the judges' panel on "American Idol." TMZ.com cites sources close to the negotiations who are shooting down reports that Lopez is no longer in consideration for the FOX series due to excessive demands ...Read & Hear More
(Studio City, CA) -- Vanessa Hudgens' car may need a little work after the actress' involvement in a fender bender on Wednesday. According to RadarOnline.com, the "High School Musical" star backed her car into another vehicle in a CVS Pharmacy parking lot in Studio City, California ...Read & Hear More
(Nashville, TN) -- It's over. Brooks & Dunn, one of the most successful and enduring musical partnerships of all time, closed the book on their 20 year run with a brisk 90 minute set and a ten minute encore at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena Thursday night ...Read & Hear More
