WASHINGTON (AP) — Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won’t be strong enough to spur robust hiring, Federal Reserve officials warned today. » Full Story

PINE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — A state government official says a former student has surrendered to police after taking a school administrator hostage at an upstate New York high school. » Full Story

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Ida sloshed ashore with rain and gusty winds before losing its tropical storm strength today, leaving weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents largely unscathed. » Full Story

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Commuters in the City of Brotherly Love have been told to gear up to begin a second week of finding other ways to work following the collapse of a proposed deal to end a... » Full Story

CHICAGO (AP) — A Northwestern University professor and journalism students who spent three years investigating the case of a man convicted in the 1978 killing of a security guard believe they have... » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — The chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee wants an investigation into the risk of deadly E. coli getting into school lunches.



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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Ida, the first Atlantic hurricane to target the United States this year, plodded Sunday toward the Gulf Coast with 105 mph winds, bringing the threat of flooding and... » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — The family of the alleged Fort Hood military base shooter held his mother's funeral at the same mosque that two Sept. » Full Story

WASHINGTON (AP) — The glow from a health care triumph faded quickly for President Barack Obama on Sunday as Democrats realized the bill they fought so hard to pass in the House has nowhere to go in... » Full Story