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• U.S. films help Venice festival finish strongly
VENICE, Italy - A late flurry of independent U.S. pictures at the Venice film festival has blown the competition wide open ahead of the awards ceremony on Saturday. Mickey Rourke has given what critics are calling the performance of his life in ...
• U.S. unemployment rate hits a five-year high
WASHINGTON - The nation’s unemployment rate zoomed to a five-year high of 6.1 percent in August as employers slashed 84,000 jobs, dramatic proof of the mounting damage a deeply troubled economy is inflicting on workers and businesses alike. The ...
• World markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
LONDON - World stock markets fell sharply Friday in the wake of a sell-off on Wall Street amid mounting concerns about a slumping U.S. economy and its impact on global growth. Disappointing reports on U.S. retail sales and jobless claims overnight ...
• Corpses surface in Haiti as floods recede
Late Thursday, a few blocks from where U.N. peacekeeping troops stopped to dish out cooked rice from their own food supplies to a small crowd of hungry orphans, a woman’s corpse in a floral dress was floating in a submerged intersection.
• Rice makes 'historic' visit to former foe Libya
TRIPOLI, Libya - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice landed in Libya on Friday, becoming the highest-ranking American official to visit the North African country in more than a half-century and opening a new chapter in U.S. relations with the one ...