The unemployment rate dropped sharply last month to 9 percent, the lowest level in nearly two years
Motorola to officially split into 2 companies - AP
Motorola will divide into two companies and begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Tuesday
EPA moving unilaterally to limit greenhouse gases - AP
The administration announces plans for developing new emissions standards over the next year
Calif. set to adopt sweeping cap-and-trade rules - AP
California air quality regulators are poised to adopt the nation’s most sweeping greenhouse gas regulations
Chavez might sell Citgo - AP
Dictator may get rid of Venezuela’s U.S.-based oil company, Citgo Petroleum Corp.
2nd blast ends rescue effort in New Zealand - AP
29 miners dead after 2nd blast at New Zealand mine
Satellite appears to show NKorea nuke building - AP
New satellite images show construction under way at North Korea’s main Yongbyon atomic complex
GM launching IPO, ending government majority stake - AP
General Motors is returning to life as a public company Thursday with a stock offering worth potentially $23 billion, ending the government’s role as majority shareholder
Nader seeks suspension of GM stock offering - AP
Nader estimates taxpayers could lose nearly $5 billion with the initial public offering
Why Fed bond-buying plan is raising trade tensions - AP
The Federal Reserve’s plan to buy more Treasury bonds has incited critics at home to complain of inevitable high inflation and financial turmoil
Despite claims, bailouts not over yet - AP
The Treasury Department says its bank bailouts are over, but the spending continues
Grandma's ashes mistakenly sold at Fla. yard sale - AP
Grandma Marge’s ashes weren’t for sale, but a bargain hunter in Florida walked away with them anyway
More than falf of the Chilean miners rescued, effort continues - AP
Miners rescued from 69 day entrapment
US expert: Chile "good and lucky" but risks remain - AP
Never before has anyone tried to rescue miners from such depths
Getting out from between a rock and a hard place - AP
Dramatic endgame nears for trapped Chile miners
Test shows Chile mine rescue shaft works - AP
Rescuers on Monday finished reinforcing the hole drilled to bring 33 trapped miners to safety and sent a rescue capsule nearly all the way to where the men are trapped
A way out, at last, for Chile's 33 trapped miners - AP
Sixty-six days after their mine collapsed above them, 33 miners were offered a way out Saturday as a drill broke through
Apple may surpass Exxon as most valuable company - AP
Apple’s move to the top would be a strong signal that investors are now expecting growth to be driven by spending from average consumers
Union rejects concessions at GM Indianapolis plant - AP
GM has been planning to close or sell the plant west for three years and now a potential buyer has dropped its bid after unions refuse pay cuts
Vulnerable Democrats rely on federal help - AP
Dems remind constituents of how often they’ve brought home the bacon