It's official: US economy in a recession - WHAS 11

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy has been in a recession since December 2007, the National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday. The NBER?a private, nonprofit research organization?said its group of academic economists who determine business cycles met and decided that the U.S. recession began ...

Obama names Holder, Napolitano to lead domestic security (Roundup) - Monsters and Critics

Washington - US president-elect Barack Obama on Monday named Eric Holder and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano to lead domestic security efforts in the United States. Holder will be the United States' first African-American attorney general, the top US law enforcement official. One of his first jobs ...

Pakistan pressed on India attacks - Christian Science Monitor

NEW DELHI; and ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - After a weekend of frantic calls pleading for India to refrain from retaliation for the attacks that killed 185 people in Mumbai (Bombay), US pressure is turning toward Pakistan. On her way to London and then New Delhi, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told ...

Blast injures 13 protesters at Bangkok airport - Houston Chronicle

People's Alliance for Democracy protesters are seen leaving the premises of the occupied Government House in Bangkok today. Thai protesters began leaving the prime minister's offices after a three-month sit-in, moving instead to reinforce a paralyzing anti-government blockade of Bangkok's two ...

Shades of gray on Black Friday - HometownAnnapolis.com

The Thanksgiving shopping weekend, one indicator of consumers' holiday spending, doesn't appear to have been the national disaster some had feared, but tempered buying and unprecedented deep discounts likely resulted in soft sales. Maryland business operators have sounded off with similar reports ...