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Jobless Rate Drops In First Post-Election Report

The Labor Department reported Friday that the nation's unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent in November as employers added 146,000 jobs...
Baron Named Executive Editor At 'Washington Post'

Martin Baron of the Boston Globe has been named the new executive editor of The Washington Post. He replaces Marcus Brauchli who came to the...
Catholic Universities See True Path To Salvation: Basketball

I've always felt it's no coincidence that some basketball powerhouses — let us say, off the top of my head, Duke, Kentucky, Kansas a...
FAA OKs Boeing's 787 Battery Fix

The Federal Aviation Administration has approved changes to the design of the Boeing 787's battery system — the first step toward return...

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With Bird Flu, "Right Now, Anything Is Possible"

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