Hargrove - Instablogs

1

Stars

(0)

US stocks look to extend losses after job data

AP, New York

Stocks are heading for a sharply lower open after the government disappointed investors with news that the economy shed jobs for the eighth straight month in August.

Wall, Street, Business, Stocks

made popular 34 min ago

1

Stars

(0)

Jobless rate jumps to 5-year high of 6.1 percent

AP, Washington

The government says the nation’s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs.

Economy, Business, Washington, United States

made popular 40 min ago

1

Stars

(0)

Southeast states brace for Tropical Storm Hanna

AP, Wilmington

Tropical storm watches or warnings were extended from Georgia to areas just south of New York City on Friday as states along the Atlantic braced for Tropical Storm...

Tropical, Weather, Georgia, York City

made popular 50 min ago

1

Stars

(0)

US Coast Guard helicopter crashes off Hawaii

AP, Honolulu

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has crashed in waters five miles south of Honolulu, and officials say three crewmembers have been recovered and one remains missing....

Helicopter, Crash, US Coast Guard, Honolulu

made popular 52 min ago

1

Stars

(0)

Assurant signs warranty accord with GE unit

AP, New York

Specialty insurer Assurant Inc. has agreed to acquire the warranty management business of General Electric Co.’s appliance and consumer electronics division.

Assurant, GE, Business, Specialty

made popular 2 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Montana motorcyclist dies in 239 mph crash

AP, Wendover

A 47-year-old record-setting motorcycle racer from Montana has died when he lost control and crashed while traveling at 239 mph on the Bonneville Salt Flats.

Salt, Flats, Fatal, Montana

made popular 2 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

US stocks look to extend losses ahead of job data

AP, New York

Wall Street looked to extend its losses on Friday, with investors worried that the government’s August jobs report will show that the economy is in recession.

Wall, Street, Business, Wall Street

made popular 2 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Feds warn climate change could harm giant sequoias

AP, Visalia

Federal researchers are warning that warming temperatures could soon cause California’s giant sequoia trees to die off more quickly unless forest managers plan...

Climate, Change, Sequoias, Federal

made popular 2 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Black bear busts secret Utah pot farm

AP, Panguitch

One Utah community is cheering a special bear _ but don’t call him Smokey.

ODD, Bear, Pot, Farm

made popular 2 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Stand Up to Cancer telethon takes over network TV

AP, Los Angeles

After seeing what “An Inconvenient Truth” did for environmental awareness, Hollywood producer Laura Ziskin wanted to make a documentary about cancer, a...

TV, Stand, Up, to

made popular 3 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

San Francisco delays rollout of ID card program

AP, San Francisco

San Francisco is delaying a controversial program that would provide identification cards to all residents regardless of legal status.

Immigrants, ID, Cards, Francisco

made popular 3 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Obama sends supporters to blunt Palin's impact

AP, Harrisburg

Barack Obama’s campaign plans to employ high-profile female supporters in an effort to blunt GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s potential to...

CVN, Obama, Women, Barack Obama

made popular 3 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Hurricane Ike weakens to Category 3 storm

AP, Miami

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Ike has weakened to a Category 3 storm in the Atlantic.

Tropical, Weather, National Hurricane Center, Hurricane

made popular 4 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Remains of 3 sailors from Pearl Harbor identified

AP, Portland

Two-thirds of a century ago, Kathleen Wyman drove her brother to California to join the Navy. From there, he shipped out to the USS Oklahoma at Pearl Harbor.

Pearl, Harbor, Remains, Two-thirds

made popular 4 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Hanna heading toward US after blowing past Bahamas

AP, Nassau

Tropical Storm Hanna was accelerating early Friday as it made its way toward the United States’ southeast coast.

Tropical, Weather, World, Tropical Storm Hanna

made popular 6 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Southeast braces for Hanna as Ike strengthens

AP, Wilmington

Some Southeastern states declared emergencies and officials urged residents to head inland Thursday as Tropical Storm Hanna headed toward the Atlantic coast, where it...

Tropical, Weather, US, Southeastern

made popular 7 hr. ago

2

Stars

(1)

Boeing, machinists union meet with mediator

AP, Seattle

Representatives from Boeing Co. and the machinists union met with a federal mediator Thursday as the clock ticked on an unusual two-day contract extension after union...

Boeing, Machinists, Business, Representatives

made popular 8 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Greenspan: Don't use Fed as a 'magical piggy bank'

AP, Washington

Troubled by the Bear Stearns debacle, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan is advocating a new way of dealing with government bailouts of companies whose...

Greenspan, Book, Business, Troubled

made popular 9 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Palin's lawyer has already questioned 2 witnesses

AP, Anchorage

The lawyer for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has begun questioning witnesses who potentially could testify against her in a probe of whether she abused her public office by...

CVN, Palin, Troopergate, Alaska Sarah Palin

made popular 9 hr. ago

1

Stars

(0)

Woodward: Bush 'too often failed to lead' on Iraq

AP, Washington

President Bush “rarely was the voice of realism” on the Iraq war and “too often failed to lead,” according to a new book by Bob Woodward...

Woodward, Iraq, President Bush, Washington

made popular 10 hr. ago

Reading Room

Quick Links

Community

MyBlog

Explore