Hitting 10 percent
WASHINGTON (AP) The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 and is likely to go higher. Nearly 16 million people can t find jobs even though the worst recession since the Great Depression has apparently ended. Man...
 7.3K - Nov. 6, 2009; scored 222.0 If recession ended, why s gold up?
Recently I heard on a Canadian Broadcasting System talk show that two gold mining companies were increasing production in anticipation of the $2K per ounce price for gold. I have heard there is a daily meeting of movers and shakers to determine ...
0.8K - Nov. 4, 2009; scored 257.0 Flat income raises concern
WASHINGTON (AP) Flat incomes suggest more weakness ahead in consumer spending, reinforcing concerns about a ho-hum holiday shopping season and a sluggish economic recovery. This recovery is going to be very weak. Consumers are in no position or moo...
4.0K - Oct. 31, 2009; scored 272.0 Market vendors donate to food programs
COOS BAY The Coos Bay Farmers Market closed for the season Wednesday. But after making his last sale, vendor Guy Souerbry had one last thing to do. He boxed his leftover bread from his Village Baker stand so it could be delivered to the South Coast...
3.5K - Oct. 29, 2009; scored 385.0 GMAC seeking more federal aid
NEW YORK (AP) GMAC, the former lending arm of General Motors Co., is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid, a further sign of the U.S. government s entrenchment in the U.S. auto industry. The Treasury Departmen...
3.7K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 222.0 Kids costumes are a gore fest
Leanne Italie, Associated Press Writer Halloween has morphed into a gore fest that has kids as young as 6 unleashing their inner monsters in ultra-violent costumes blood-smeared chain saws and spiked killing gloves sold separately. Options include ...
5.0K - Oct. 28, 2009; scored 172.0 A Nobel for showing freedom works
Pundits and politicians act as if government can solve almost any problem. At the slightest hint of trouble, the ruling class reflexively assumes that knowledgeable, wise and public-spirited government regulators are capable of riding to the rescue. ...
3.7K - Oct. 27, 2009; scored 222.0 Polls: Chavez's popularity slips
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) Hugo Chavez s support has declined in the polls as many Venezuelans say they are fed up with 27 percent inflation, a stagnant economy, faulty public services and a government they see as incapable of doing much about it. T...
5.5K - Oct. 22, 2009; scored 172.0 College tuition is up amid recession
With the economy struggling, parents and students dared to hope this year might offer a break from rising college costs. Instead, they got another sharp increase. Average tuition at four-year public colleges in the U.S. climbed 6.5 percent, or $...
6.0K - Oct. 21, 2009; scored 222.0 Recall Rebound
WASHINGTON Go figure: Food makers processed more peanuts over the past year than nearly any other time on record despite a national salmonella outbreak blamed for killing nine people and scaring consumers away from peanut products for months. Peanu...
4.8K - Oct. 20, 2009; scored 172.0 Greedy dogfish hurts Massachusetts fishery
CHATHAM, Mass. The sea air isn t all that s salty when fishermen in the Cape Cod town of Chatham talk about the hated spiny dogfish. Fishermen consider the small shark, renowned for its stunning appetite, the vermin of the ocean. They say the once-...
5.7K - Oct. 13, 2009; scored 345.0 What's missing from recovery? Jobs
WASHINGTON A distressed economy is widely blamed for President George H.W. Bush s re-election defeat in 1992, and a decade earlier, for the loss of 26 House seats in midterm elections by Ronald Reagan s Republicans. Yet in both instances recession ...
5.4K - Oct. 12, 2009; scored 172.0 Elks lodge raising money for veterans by collecting hides
The Coquille Valley Elks Lodge will be collecting deer and elk hides for veterans. These hides are picked up from our collection barrels, scraped, cleaned and slated down to preserve them. When sold, the profits are donated to a state Elks fund, whi...
3.0K - Oct. 10, 2009; scored 172.0 Economy hurts churches
NEW YORK (AP) Organized religion was already in trouble before the fall of 2008. Denominations were stagnating or shrinking, and congregations across faith groups were fretting about their finances. The Great Recession made things worse. It s furth...
8.0K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 172.0 A fresher fish
MEDFORD After nearly a decade of cooperation with scientists, government entities and conservation groups, Aaron Longton can bring his sustainable fish to market. Direct sale to Rogue Valley consumers is the culmination of efforts by the Port Orf...
4.6K - Oct. 3, 2009; scored 310.0 Still climbing
WASHINGTON The unemployment rate rose to 9.8 percent in September, the highest since June 1983, as employers cut far more jobs than expected. The report is evidence that the worst recession since the 1930s is still inflicting widespread pain and un...
5.8K - Oct. 2, 2009; scored 327.0 Quake size, location are part of tsunami alert
Curiosity about what sorts of seaquakes would set off a tsunami alert inspired one of the questions in this edition of Ask AP, a weekly Q&A column where AP journalists respond to readers questions about the news. If you have your own news-rela...
4.2K - Sep. 18, 2009; scored 272.0 Poll: Worries linger on economy
WASHINGTON One year after Wall Street teetered on the brink of collapse, seven out of 10 Americans lack confidence the federal government has taken safeguards to prevent another financial industry meltdown, according to a new Associated Press-GfK p...
5.5K - Sep. 14, 2009; scored 172.0 Solid grounds
Sometimes it takes a bikini to boost business. Since dressing down its baristas, Hot Shotz - a drive-through coffee hut in Coos Bay - has seen a steady line of motorists swinging by for a cup of Joe served by latte slingers, clad in beachwear definit...
3.9K - Sep. 12, 2009; scored 172.0 OPEC committee recommends no cuts
VIENNA (AP) OPEC appeared poised to hold oil production quotas unchanged today, with its ministers voicing satisfaction with current global crude prices. Instead, the focus at the organization s meeting in Vienna was to be on persuading members not...
5.2K - Sep. 9, 2009; scored 257.0 | 
