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  • Penn urges US to pressure Bolivia to free US man Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 9:20 AM ET

    WASHINGTON-- Actor Sean Penn on Monday urged the U.S. government to pressure Bolivia to free an American businessman detained without charge since 2011 in a case that has drawn accusations he was the victim of corrupt local prosecutors. Penn said international pressure on Bolivian President Evo Morales could help free Jacob Ostreicher of New York.

  • 3 charged in LA-area bank robbery Tuesday, 21 May 2013 | 9:16 AM ET

    LOS ANGELES-- A man was charged Monday with a $565,000 bank robbery in which his girlfriend _ an assistant bank manager _ was forced to strap on a fake bomb so she would seem to be a hostage and could take the money.

  • Georgia's jobless rate drops to 8.2 percent Friday, 17 May 2013 | 9:59 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent in April, state labor officials said Thursday. The figure is down from 8.4 percent in March, and 9.1 percent a year ago, according to the Georgia Department of Labor. Georgia's unemployment rate is now the lowest it has been since December 2008, Labor Commissioner Mark Butler said.

  • Georgia governor engaged in Bible dispute Friday, 17 May 2013 | 8:57 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- When Ed Buckner and his family went to a north Georgia state park to celebrate his son's birthday, he was surprised and concerned to find Bibles in the state-owned cabin he had rented.

  • Brady Campaign sues Ga town over mandatory gun law Friday, 17 May 2013 | 8:50 AM ET

    NELSON, Ga.-- A group that supports gun control filed suit Thursday against a north Georgia town that recently passed a law requiring gun ownership that it said is mostly symbolic. The Washington- based Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence filed a federal lawsuit against the town of Nelson, about 50 miles north of Atlanta, claiming the law is unconstitutional.

  • *Consumer price index slips 0.4 percent, biggest drop since December 2008. NEW YORK, May 16- U.S.

  • NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday- the biggest jump since November.

  • WASHINGTON, May 16- The U.S. economy showed worrisome signs as jobless claims rose sharply last week while ground-breaking at home construction sites tumbled in April and a gauge of underlying inflation pointed to weak demand.

  • NEW YORK, May 16- U.S. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits jumped by 32,000 to a seasonally adjusted 360,000, the Labor Department said on Thursday. "There's plenty of slack in the labor market," said Tanweer Akram, senior economist with ING U.S. Investment Management in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • NEW YORK, May 15- Qatar Airways' top executive said the Middle Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing Co's forthcoming 777 X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the United States in the next 12 to 18 months. "

  • Qatar Air wants to be launch customer for Boeing 777X-CEO Wednesday, 15 May 2013 | 2:54 PM ET

    NEW YORK, May 15- Qatar Airways' top executive said the Middle-Eastern carrier wants to be a launch customer for Boeing Co's forthcoming 777 X mini-jumbo jet, and that the airline plans to open at least three new routes to the U.S. in the next 12 to 18 months. "

  • YOUR MONEY-Low costs lure U.S. college students abroad Monday, 13 May 2013 | 11:55 AM ET

    BOSTON, May 13- Looking for a low-cost college option? Patrick Finger, a high school senior from Southern California, did just that. He estimates his total expenses in Germany will amount to what he would spend in less than one year in the United States. "

  • Tri-state water feud plays out in Congress Monday, 13 May 2013 | 10:32 AM ET

    ATLANTA-- The water dispute between Alabama, Florida and Georgia is provoking hardball politics in Congress, where Georgia lawmakers derailed a proposal that could restrict metro Atlanta's water supply.

  • DETROIT, May 12- Six weeks into his work as Detroit's emergency manager, former bankruptcy lawyer Kevyn Orr has found the city's finances in worse shape than expected, with long-term debt at $15 billion, $2 billion worse than figures disclosed before he took the job.

  • The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, so that Treasuries, Bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, and Treasuries, bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at ED&F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • TREASURIES-Bond prices drop as dollar jumps v yen Friday, 10 May 2013 | 3:41 PM ET

    The yen's weakening against the dollar prompted selling of Japanese government bonds, and Treasuries, bunds and gilts "sold off in sympathy with JGBs," said Thomas di Galoma, senior vice president and head of fixed income rates sales at E D& F Man Capital Markets in New York.

  • NEW YORK, May 10- Treasuries prices fell on Friday, pushing yields to their highest levels in nearly a month and a half, after the dollar rose to a 4-1/ 2- year high against the Japanese yen, breaking through the key 100- yen mark and spurring selling in longer-dated government debt.

  • NEW YORK, May 10- U.S. Treasuries prices fell on Friday, leaving yields near five-week highs, after the dollar jumped to a 4-1/ 2- year high against the Japanese yen, breaking through the key 100- yen mark and spurring selling in longer-dated government debt. "

  • May 9- Orbitz Worldwide Inc., the online travel agency, reported a quarterly profit on Thursday and forecast revenue for the current quarter above Wall Street's estimates, sending its shares up 23 percent above their high for the year.