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Economy threatens students
Companies in the United States eliminated 159,000 jobs in September, which is the biggest decline since 2003, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Economists have warned that we are currently facing the greatest economic threat since the Great Depression.…
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Peace Corps headed to Western campus
A Peace Corps information session will be held Tuesday in the University Union Fox Room from 6 to 8 p.m. Students interested in pursuing a career in the Peace Corps after graduation are encouraged to attend.
Aimee Schattner, a Peace Corps volunteer, will show footage of volunteers in their global communities, teach prospective volunteers about the application process and inform students about the benefits volunteers receive.…
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Worries mount after bailout passes
WASHINGTON (AP) - Getting the financial rescue through Congress may have been the easy part. Getting it to work may prove the tougher task.
After two weeks of anguishing debate, Congress passed and President Bush signed the enormous plan to save the financial industry and prop up the economy in hopes of avoiding an unthinkable free fall with Election Day just a month away.…
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Us ally efforts with Russia in question
1ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Sunday rejected any suggestion that U.S. efforts to build closer ties to this former Soviet republic are meant to undermine Russian influence in Central Asia.
"This is not a zero-sum game," she told reporters flying with her to the Kazakh capital.…
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