Jobless rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER

Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The unemployment rate has passed the psychological threshold of 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher.

Nearly 16 million people can't find jobs e ...

Stocks zigzag on implications of jobs report

By SARA LEPRO and TIM PARADIS

Associated Press

NEW YORK -- Stocks fluctuated in a tight range Friday as investors found some positives for the market in a surprisingly weak jobs report.

The Labor Department said employers cut more jobs ...

Ohio woman: I got away from serial killing suspect

By VICKI SMITH and MEGHAN BARR

Associated Press

CLEVELAND -- Suspected serial killer Anthony Sowell seemed like a "civilized person" on the April evening that Tanja Doss went up to his third-floor bedroom for a beer -- until, she said, he ...

Northwest pilots appeal license revocation

By JOAN LOWY

Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles are appealing their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board.

The appeals were filed late Wednesda ...

Productivity gains may be bad news for job seekers

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and STEPHEN MANNING

Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Companies across the economy are finding ways to do more with fewer workers, dimming hopes that hiring will take off anytime soon.

Employers became leaner and more ...

Thousands rally to protest health care bill

By LAURIE KELLMAN

Associated Press

WASHINGTON -- Chanting "Kill the bill," thousands of conservatives rallied at the Capitol on Thursday against the Democrats' health care overhaul plan, labeling it a government takeover of the nation's m ...

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