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News Summary: US jobless claims fall to 363K

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By The Associated Press FEWER SEEK JOBLESS AID: Weekly applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 363,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. The level is consistent with modest hiring. LITTLE CHANGE: Applications have fluctuated between 360,

How US states fared on jobless aid applications

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By The Associated Press The number of people seeking unemployment benefits last week fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000, a level that suggests modest hiring. Here are the states with the biggest increases and decreases in applications. The state data are for the week ended Oct. 20, one

Weekly applications for US jobless aid dip to 363K

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 1st

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits dropped 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 363,000 last week, a level consistent with modest hiring. The report comes just before Friday's October jobs data, the last broad snapshot of the

SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

**Press release from Spokane Police Dept.** SPOKANE, Wash. - Spokane Police began receiving reports of LCD TVs being stolen from K-Mart, Wal-Mart and Rite Aid stores within the past few weeks. Details in the reports were fragmented with each report containing a different piece of evidence,

SPD Officer Solves Retail Theft Ring

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

Insurer says it won't cover armed Pinal Co. posse

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

PHOENIX (AP) - An insurance pool that covers sheriff's volunteers in 11 of Arizona's 15 counties is changing its policies to exclude an armed volunteer posse that the state's second most famous sheriff plans to deploy to scan the desert for smugglers. Following legal warnings from

Correa taxes bank profits to help poor

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By GONZALO SOLANOAssociated Press QUITO, Ecuador (AP) - President Rafael Correa has long used his bully pulpit to bash bankers as profit-mongers who brought Ecuador and the rest of the world to the edge of financial collapse. Now, he says he'll give a bigger share of those profits to the

Spain: Pressure to demand a bailout is easing

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By CIARAN GILESAssociated Press MADRID (AP) - Spain is feeling less pressure to seek European financial aid in the short term because its state borrowing costs have dropped since the European Central Bank announced its offer to buy bonds, a government official said Wednesday. The official, who

Mood of the Nation: Worrying how others are faring

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By MICHAEL SANDLERAP Business Writer RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - On the eve of the 2012 elections, The Associated Press interviewed dozens of Americans to try to gauge the economic mood of the nation. People were asked about jobs, housing, gas prices, retirement and other issues. Among them was Vicki

Syria presses heavy air bombardment of rebels

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on October 31st

By BARBARA SURKAssociated Press BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian warplanes fired missiles at opposition strongholds around Damascus and in the north on Wednesday as Turkey, a key backer of the anti-regime rebels, appeared to distance itself from an earlier call to impose a no-fly zone. The Syrian regime