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| Bush-McCain Economy: Unemployment Rises for 8th Straight Month Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:04:36 GMT Joblessness grew by an additional 84,000 in August 2008, bumping the national unemployment rate up to 6.1 percent. This is the highest level in five years and the eighth straight month of job losses. The economy has lost more than 600,000 over that time period. | Cop killer gets death penalty once again Fri, 05 Sep 2008 06:16:36 GMT WACO, Texas -- Jurors sent a triple-murderer back to death row on Thursday after his death sentence had been overturned on appeal. After hearing eight days of witness testimony in the sentencing retrial of Billie Wayne Coble, 59, the jury deliberated about four hours before sentencing him to death. The jurors had the option of sentencing him to life in prison, the Waco Tribune-Herald reported in its online edition Thursday. |
| Hanna's death toll rises to 137 in Haiti Fri, 05 Sep 2008 05:40:18 GMT Haiti's government says the death toll from Tropical Storm Hanna has more than doubled to 137, with most of the deaths coming in the flooded port city of Gonaives. | Syria Offers Israel Peace Deal, Rejects Key Demand Fri, 05 Sep 2008 00:58:57 GMT Syria's leader said Thursday he offered a proposal for peace with Israel but also refused to break off ties with Hezbollah and militant Palestinians -- a key Israeli demand. |
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