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Job growth ground to a halt in August Employment growth ground to a halt in August, as sagging consumer confidence discouraged already skittish U.S. businesses from hiring. Wall Street tumbles after grim jobs report Wall Street tumbled at Friday’s opening bell amid concerns about the U.S. economy following a downbeat employment report for August. Get ready for a September to remember First Read: Summer gives way to a busy political calendar in Washington and on the campaign trail. Slum transformed in 9/11 victim's memory A once-notorious slum in Manila, Philippines, is now an orderly village after 9/11 victim Marie Rose Abad's husband decided to help the people there in her memory. Quake risk to reactors far higher than realized The risk that an earthquake would cause a severe accident at a U.S. nuclear plant is greater than previously thought â€" a quarter of reactors may need safety improvements, nuke regulator says. Perry pushed bill that could boost doctor's firm Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who underwent an experimental stem cell treatment, pushed through a bill paving the way for a company co-owned by his doctor to be the first state-approved "bank" to store such cells for medical treatment. Nursing tops list of high-paid jobs of the future Almost without exception, these occupations will be in highest demand because of changes in the nation’s population and in the way the country’s businesses operate. PhotoBlog: New Bay Bridge taking shape Catwalks set the stage for installation of suspension cables. Rebels poised for final fight against Gadhafi Anti-Gadhafi fighters were poised Friday for a possible final battle for Bani Walid, an important tribal stronghold southeast of the capital Tripoli. Turkey expels Israeli ambassador Turkey will expel the Israeli ambassador and cut military ties with Israel over the country's refusal to apologize for last year's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla. 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes off Alaska A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck Friday in the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, the U.S. Geological Survey reported, prompting a brief tsunami warning for a portion of Alaska's coast. 20 inches of rain? Flood warnings for US Gulf coast A slow-moving tropical depression was slogging toward the Gulf coast Friday, packing walloping rains that could drench the region with up to 20 inches. Bad batteries in AEDs tied to cardiac deaths Automated external defibrillators, or AEDs, are designed to save lives, but a new study finds that some 1,150 deaths over 15 years were tied to devices that failed to work â€" and nearly one in four failures was caused by battery problems. Teamsters head on Obama, the future of labor, and Romney James Hoffa, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, talks to NBC's David Gregory about the future of the labor movement, what the president needs to do about jobs, and whether corporations are people. 35 Iraqi inmates tunnel out, most recaptured Thirty-five Iraqi terror suspects tunneled their way out of a prison on Thursday and most were quickly recaptured, officials said. Mexico detains state cop in deadly casino arson Federal police arrested a state police officer Thursday in connection with last week's arson fire at a casino that killed 52 people in northern Mexico. PhotoBlog: Virginia city limits Confederate flag-flying Lexington City Council limit the flying of the Confederate flag at downtown streets. Crews work to contain Texas wildfire Firefighters work to keep a Texas wildfire from threatening any more neighborhoods before the typically busy unofficial end-of-summer weekend. Study: 9/11 firefighters have 19 percent higher cancer risk Male firefighters who were exposed to toxic dust and smoke from the 9/11 attacks on New York's World Trade Center have a 19 percent higher risk of getting cancer of all kinds than colleagues who were not exposed, U.S. researchers said Thursday. 7 surprising ways to minimize student debt Figure out what your monthly student loan payments will be after graduation and strive to make sure they don't exceed 8 percent of the typical starting salary in your field of choice. Professor allegedly led gang, drug ring A university professor suspected of leading a motorcycle gang and methamphetamine drug ring is wanted for arrest in California, authorities say. What's in a name for Casey Anthony? Lies and imaginary friends permeated Casey Anthony’s first-degree murder trial this summer. Now that it’s over and Anthony roams free, the fantasies are coming back to haunt her. Group hacked Texas law enforcement sites The group known as Anonymous claims it briefly took over the website of a Texas police chiefs group and hacked into the email accounts of more than two dozen Texas law enforcements agencies or officials. Copyright 2011 msnbc.com RSS URL: http://rss.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032091/device/rss/rss.xml

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