Jobless rate hits 9.7 percent as August losses ease
Unemployment rose to 9.7 percent in August, the highest since 1983, while the economy shed 216,000 jobs. July losses were revised to 276,000, and analysts expected 225,000. The government count shows 14.9 million unemployed and 73,000 join the civilian labor force, signaling slower but ongoing job cuts.
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NATO airstrike on hijacked fuel trucks in Kunduz kills 70
A U S A F jet dropped 500 pound bombs on two tanker trucks hijacked by the Taliban near Kunduz Afghanistan, killing more than 70 people including militants and bystanders. The incident heightens Afghan anger over civilian casualties and tests NATO German U S coalition unity.
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Mohammad Omar
Stanley McChrystal
Washington
Defense Department
Geoff Morrell
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Gates condemns AP photo of dying Marine unused by family
Defense Secretary Gates condemned the AP for releasing a photo of Lance Cpl. Joshua Bernard, a Maine Marine who died after a Taliban ambush, noting the image caused family distress. The AP defended the image as conveying war’s grim realities and sacrifice, while editors argued it added news value.
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Muller
Gates
Thomas Curley
Pentagon
Geoff Morrell
Curley
Morrell
Appeals court rules Ashcroft liable for 9/11 detentions
A three judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled former Attorney General John Ashcroft may be held liable for detentions of people held as material witnesses after the September 11 attacks. The court condemned the government’s use of material witnesses as unconstitutional.
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