The U.S.unemployment rate fell to its lowest since December 2008 at 7.7 percent, with the economy adding 146,000 jobs in November. The government said Superstorm Sandy had only a minimal effect on the figures. Latino jobless numbers held steady at
A San Diego millionaire is looking for love. And Marc Paskin is offering money, kind of, to a Latina who’s looking for a sugar daddy. The widowed real estate mogul created a stir recently after he paid for a huge
By Tian ChenCronkite News Key panelists: Beth Ann Bovino, deputy chief economist at Standard & Poor’s, discusses how the fiscal cliff can drag the nation into another recession. Professor Lee McPheters, director of the JPMorgan Chase Economic Outlook Center at
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By Joe HenkeCronkite News WASHINGTON — State Sen.-elect Steve Farley, D-Tucson, said he will reintroduce legislation next year to ban texting while driving, despite repeated rejections in the House, noting that the rest of the country has finally caught up
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By Natasha Khan Cronkite News The Achieve Act Sens. Jon Kyl and Kay Bailey Hutchison’s proposed three-step, 10-year plan for immigrants brought here illegally as children to earn the right to stay in the U.S. STEP 1 Apply for
By AJ Vicens Cronkite News Search the database Cronkite News compiled from Maricopa County Recorder’s Office records of provisional ballots as well as U.S. Census Bureau demographic information by precinct as provided by the county. While the Cronkite News
A plunge in births by immigrant women after the Great Recession led the U.S. birth rate to drop to its lowest record ever, according to a new analysis of government data by the Pew Research Center’s Social & Demographic Trends
By Eyder Peralta To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/. Credit Mark Wilson / Getty Images Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID), speaks at the Conservative Political Action conference in February. Originally published on Fri November 30, 2012 11:44 am One of
