Hiring slows but unemployment drops to 7.6
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The unemployment rate slipped to 7.6%, according to a Labor Department report released Friday. But it's not good news: It's because nearly 500,000 people dropped out of the labor ...
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Nuclear N. Korea unacceptable Kerry says
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The United States will talk to North Korea, but only if the country gets serious about negotiating the end of its nuclear weapons program, Secretary of State John Kerry said after arriving Friday in Seoul for talks with U.S. ally South ...
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CNN Boston bombing suspects identified
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Police sealed off densely populated portions the Boston metro area early Friday after a violent night of chasing the Boston Marathon terror suspects left one of the men and a police officer ...
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George Jones Country Singer Dies at 81
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Mr. Jones, who was nicknamed Possum for his close-set eyes and pointed nose, and later No-Show Jones for the concerts he missed during drink and drug binges, was a legendary figure in country music. His singing, which was universally respected and just as widely imitated, found vulnerability and doubt behind the cheerful drive of honky-tonk. With a baritone voice that was as elastic as a ...
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Hawaii hotel rates rise nearly 10 as occupancy gains
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Hotels on Oahu, including Waikiki, were 85.3 percent occupied last week, and the average daily room rate rose 13.7 percent to $196.71, according to a report by Hospitality Advisors LLC and Smith Travel Research.
Hawaii hotels had a strong week for average daily room rate and occupancy increases across the four major islands last week when compared to the same week last year, according to the ...
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House committee questions IRS officials
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The first congressional hearing on IRS targeting of conservative groups began Friday with the House Ways and Means Committee looking at what it called political ...
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Governor releases $48M for Hawaii public housing
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HONOLULU (AP) - The governor is releasing more than $48 million for capital improvement projects at public housing across Hawaii. Gov. Neil Abercrombie announced this week that nearly $26 million will go toward various public housing program site improvements. Ten million will go toward compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act at various state and public housing projects. Lanakila Homes ...
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Telescope in Hawaii captures images of comet ISON speeding towards Sun
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Gemini Observatory has taken a new series of images that shows Comet C/2012 S1 (ISON) racing toward an uncomfortably close rendezvous with the Sun. In late November the comet could present a stunning sight in the twilight sky and remain easily visible, or even brilliant, into early December of this year. The new Gemini time-sequence images, spanning early February through May 2013, show the ...
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