Unemployment Rate Holds At Four Percent In November
The Labor Department says unemployment stayed at 4.1 percent in November, with 234,000 jobs added. Wage inflation remained subdued as consumer prices and stock markets reacted to the steady report. Factory orders fell 0.2 percent led by a 10.4 percent drop in electronic and electrical equipment demand, while machinery and transportation orders rose. Average hourly earnings climbed 0.1 percent to $13.41, signaling modest inflation pressures.
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Labor Department
Commerce Department
Health care lacking for elderly Indians on Pine Ridge
On Pine Ridge Reservation the elderly face aging without local nursing homes. Dennis Hendricks, diabetic and 61, fears moving far for care as tribes need hundreds of millions for elder services. With only a few tribal homes nationwide, bills, politics, and a state law block a local facility, leaving aging Sioux with difficult, distant options.
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Alaska
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Martin
Custer
Hot Springs
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Rushville
Neb
Dick Hagen
Hagen
Mike Vogel
Department of Social Services
Security confident after JFK test finds four breaches
Federal inspectors tested security at eight major U.S. airports. At JFK only four breaches occurred, all in airline-controlled terminals. Inspectors entered secure areas 117 of 173 times, sometimes boarding planes without tickets, as auditors flagged lax security and said upgrades follow.
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Port Authority of
Robert J. Kelly
Port Authority
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San Francisco
Washington, D.C
Priestley jailed after car crash in Los Angeles
Actor Jason Priestley crashed his Porsche into a utility pole injuring a passenger and was jailed on suspicion of felony drunken driving. He was released on $50,000 bond after blood tests were pending. Priestley said he had not been drinking.
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Jason Priestley
Fox Television
Beverly Hills
Beth Vandenberg
Priestley
Budget deal to dip into Social Security surpluses
The CBO projects the $390 billion budget package will reduce Social Security surpluses by 17 billion this year and more next year unless savings are found, with federal spending $32 billion above the original 2000 target. The analysis, issued after enactment, notes possible improvement next January.
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Dennis Hastert
R-Nl
Hastert
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