US economic growth up to still-modest 2 pct. rate
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a slightly faster 2 percent annual rate from July through September, buoyed by more spending by consumers and the federal government.
Growth accelerated from the 1.3 percent rate in the April-June quarter, the Commerce Department said
...Myanmar lowers ethnic strife death toll to 64
Associated Press
SITTWE, Myanmar (AP) - Myanmar authorities have revised downward to 64 the death toll from this week's ethnic violence in the country's west after warning that the strife risks harming the country's reputation as it seeks to shift to democratic rule.
Rakhine state spokesman Win Myaing told
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Lawyer in U. Iowa bias case objects to verdict
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A lawyer for a conservative scholar who was passed over for University of Iowa law school jobs is requesting a retrial and has raised criticism about how a judge oversaw the mixed verdict.
Attorney Stephen Fieweger on Thursday asked a federal court to reinstate Teresa Wagner's claim of discrimination under the 1st Amendment
...Settlement reached in Miss. mill blast lawsuit
Associated Press
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A settlement has been reached in a federal lawsuit brought by a man who was injured in an explosion at an International Paper Co. mill in Mississippi in 2008.
Jeb D. Slade settled his lawsuit Thursday after a hearing in U.S. District Court in Natchez. The terms were not
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