From the BLS: Regional and State Employment and Unemployment Summary Twenty-nine states and the District of Columbia recorded over-the-month unemployment rate increases, 13 states registered rate decreases, and 8 states had no rate change, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the year, jobless rates increased in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. ... Michigan again recorded...

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Learn extremely detailed tactics from Cal Newport, an MIT post-doc, on how he's written 3 books, a blog with over 50,000 readers/month, a half-dozen peer reviewed papers -- and still stops working at 5:30pm every day.

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Times are tough, and people are sat at home chewing bellybutton fluff instead of eating out or ordering in. What are restaurant owners doing? Some are not paying staff, and others are sending abusive...

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Bill O’Reilly reported on the the latest FOX News poll tonight. Sarah Palin’s favorable rating is now at 47%: Meanwhile, Barack Obama’s job approval rating is now at 46%: This was reported earlier on Palin’s rising star. FOX News reported: As Sarah Palin blankets the media on a whirlwind book promotion tour, the former vice-presidential contender is clearly back on [...]

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Filed under: Gut Reactions , Highbrow Celebrities , TV News With word that Oprah Winfrey will be taking her ridiculously popular daytime talk show elsewhere (see story here), there's a massive void in the broadcast television world to be filled. Winfrey was always the one to score huge exclusive ... Read more Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments

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Harry Reid played the slave card tonight and democrats moved their nationalized health care plan forward tonight. Harry Reid also said it was FREE! It’s fully paid for! The AP rejoiced: Invoking the memory of Edward M. Kennedy, Democrats united Saturday night to push historic health care legislation past a key Senate hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager [...]

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(AP) OXFORD, Miss. — So many unusual things happened in the final 3 minutes of Mississippi's victory Saturday against No. 10 LSU, it got confusing. Even for the participants. *** SCROLL DOWN FOR VIDEO *** "I don't know what all happened down there at the end," Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said. "I just know the scoreboard read 25-23 Ole Miss Rebels." Nutt's confusion was nothing compared to what was...

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Hmm. I recall that when Mo Udall was in the hospital and about to die, the only politician to visit him was John McCain. The Associated Press report: HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — U.S. Sen. John McCain said Saturday that he enjoyed reading running mate Sarah Palin’s new memoir and downplayed any tension between their campaign aides as [...]

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PERUGIA, Italy — Prosecutors on Saturday requested life in prison for an American student and her ex-boyfriend accused in the fatal stabbing of her British roommate during a drug-fueled sex game — charges the U.S. woman dismissed as “pure fantasy.” In their closing arguments, the prosecutors said Amanda Knox and Italian Raffaele Sollecito should be convicted on charges of murder and sexual violence...

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Shane Vereen ran for a career-high 193 yards and three touchdowns on 42 carries and Mike Mohamed intercepted a pass from Andrew Luck at the 3 with less than 2 minutes left as California spoiled No. 14 Stanford's Rose Bowl hopes with a 34-28 victory in the Big Game on Saturday.

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A spacewalking astronaut put aside the impending birth of his daughter and blazed through his first-ever venture outside the International Space Station on Saturday.

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