High jobless rates hit multiple states in varied roots
States with the highest jobless rates share housing collapse and manufacturing decline as core causes. California, Oregon, Michigan, Rhode Island, and South Carolina face housing busts, auto and manufacturing downturns, and job losses across real estate, banks, and construction. Text includes specific cases like California housing lenders' woes and Textron layoffs in Rhode Island.
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Michigan
Rhode Island
South Carolina
California
Oregon
BMW
Rebecca Blank
Brookings Institution
Energy and farming shield five states from job losses
Five contiguous rural states Wyoming North Dakota South Dakota Utah and Nebraska report November unemployment at or below 3.7 percent even as national rate nears 6.7 percent The region benefits from energy and agriculture while housing bust effects remain muted but December figures show rising U S jobless rates and weaker commodity prices with ethanol plants suspended and VeraSun Energy bankrupt Theories point to cautious lending and low coastal exposure reducing layoffs and keeping banks stable in these states
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California
Wyoming
North Dakota
South Dakota
Utah
Nebraska
Labor Department
Ernie Goss
Creighton University
Wall Street
John Sandey
South Dakota State University
Brookings
Michigan
U.S
Shane Goettle
VeraSun Energy Corp
Goss
Midwest
Plains
Aatiiew Brown
Black Thunder
Wright
Wye
Idaho pizza workers plan Costa Rica trip from tip pool
Idaho Statesman reports Flying Pie in Boise will close its State Street and Fairview locations starting Jan 13 for a weeklong Costa Rica vacation. About 54 current and former employees and eight guests will travel using more than 115000 dollars earned from tips over 13 years, with 10 percent of tips previously set aside for a Hawaii trip since the mid 1990s.
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Boise
Idaho
The
Idaho Statesman
Flying Pie
Costa Rica
State Street
Fairview Avenue
Hawaii
Stow Bank Robbery Suspect Arrested After Masked Standoff
Feliks Goldshtein of Highland Heights was arrested after a brief car chase following a bank holdup in Stow Ohio. Police say he wore a ski mask in line, produced a toy gun, and fled with an undisclosed sum. He faces aggravated robbery and resisting arrest charges.
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Stow
Feliks Goldshtein
Highland Heights
Rick Myers
Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon Indicted Over Gift Card Spending
Prosecutors accuse Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon of using kickback gift cards for personal purchases including Best Buy and Saks items. Indictment lists 12 counts with perjury and theft tied to gifts from developers Lipscomb and others while she led the city council and during mayoral tenure.
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Baltimore
Best Buy
Saks Fifth Avenue
Old Navy
Giorgio Armani
Sheila Dixon
Dixon
David Gray
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Ronald H. Lipscomb
Lipscomb
Toys R Us
Arnold M. Weiner
Martin O'Malley
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Christopher S. Rugaber
Ray Henry
Associated Press
West
Washington
Alaska
Mississippi
Washington, D.C
Galvan
David Cooke
U.S. Labor Department
Auto Indus
North Carolina
Textron Inc
Providence
Steven Senne
KIK Custom Products Manufacturing
Cumberland
Dakotas
Sandey
Police
Ohio
By Ben Nichols
First State Bank & Trust
First State Bank “Bank
Ond Varteen
Lawrance
Rudy’s
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