Jobless Rate Rises to 5.7 Percent in November
The Labor Department reports the nation's unemployment rate climbed to 5.7 percent in November with total jobless claims near 800,000 over two months, reflecting severe post 9/11 layoffs across airlines and travel sectors. The data dashed hopes for a quick recession end, as Wall Street fell and policymakers faced a sobering tone from officials.
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Labor Department
U.S
David Wyss
Standard & Poor’s Co
New York
Wall Street
Bush
Taliban surrender Kandahar ends last Taliban stronghold
Afghan interim leader Hamid Karzai announced Kandahar’s fall after Taliban forces abandoned the city with their weapons. U.S. forces blocked Taliban retreat as Osama bin Laden remained at large in the Tora Bora region. Firefights and looting reported before calm returned.
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Afghanistan
Kandahar
U.S
Mullah
Mohammed Omar
Tora Bora
Osama bin Laden
Omar
Hamid Karzai
Andy Card
Bush
Air Force One
Pakistan
Karzai
United States
Tommy Franks
Tampa
Florida
Haji Bashar
Taliban
al- Qaida
Pentagon
Victoria Clarke
Local Woman Helps Identify World Trade Center Victims
Kathy Haden, a 1986 Harrisonburg High School graduate and Knoxville resident, joined a national disaster medical team in August. She spent two weeks in New York aiding remains identification by collecting bone fragments and hair for DNA comparison, assisting in 20 cases while supporting grieving firefighters and families.
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Harrisonburg
World Trade Center
Kathy Cason
New York
Haden
Tennessee
Knoxville, Tenn
Police Department
Regional Forensic Center
Knoxville
Tenn
Warner's Election Tab Reveals $20 Million Campaign War Chest
Gov elect Mark Warner spent nearly $20 million to win the Virginia governor race including $4.7 million of his own funds. He set fundraising records, surpassing the 1997 totals of Gilmore and Beyer Jr. Earley, Warner's Republican opponent, raised about $11.5 million according to reports filed.
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Richmond
Mark Warner
Warner
Jim Gilmore
Donald S. Beyer Jr
Mark Earley
Local races show spending not tied to wins in Rockingham County
Final election spending reports reveal that big money did not guarantee victory in Rockingham County supervisor and school board races. District 3 saw challenger D Kenneth Patterson outspend incumbent Dee Floyd, yet Floyd won. in District 1 the winner outspent the challenger. Patterson accused Floyd of not challenging him on issues.
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Rockingham County
District 3
D. Kenneth Patterson
Dee Floyd
Floyd
Patterson
District race spending per vote from 2001 fall election
Final election spending reports show District 3 Supervisor contenders Dee Floyd Kenneth Patterson and Vincent Housden with per vote costs of 3.84 9.20 and 4.14 respectively. District 1 Supervisor candidate Pablo Cuevas and Charles Moubray spent 3.32 and 4.69 per vote. District 3 School Board candidates John Myers Jr Jan Leach Lena Osborne spent 1.10 2.47 and 1.11 per vote.
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Dee Floyd
Kenneth Patterson
Vincent Housden
Pablo Cuevas
Charles Moubray
John Myers Jr
Jan Leach
Lena Osborne
Commission Ignores Appointee in Civil Rights Panel
The U S Commission on Civil Rights refused to seat President Bush appointee Peter Kirsanow, who arrived with three attorneys and sat in the front row as debate continued. His inclusion would have split the commission’s power evenly between Republican and Democratic members, challenging chair Mary Frances Berry’s influence.
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Peter Kirsanow
Bush
Commission
Washington
White House
Kirsanow
Cleveland
Mary Frances Berry
Arafat Complains of U.S. Bias Perception
Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat spoke Friday about his perception of U.S. bias. The report notes accompanying names Mary Diehl of Staunton and Nelson Strawderman of Stephens City, listed on page 10.
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Yasser Arafat
U.S
Mary T. Diehl
Staunton
Nelson C. Strawderman
Stephens City
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