Schools letting out for the summer served to push the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Cambria County up 0.4 of a percentage point in July to 9.1 percent.
Cambria jobless edges up (The Tribune-Democrat)
Expenses scandal MPs warned: ‘You won’t find safe berth in the Lords’ (Daily Mail)
Expenses scandal MPs warned: ‘You won’t find safe berth in the Lords’
Expenses scandal MPs warned: ‘You won’t find safe berth in the Lords’ (Daily Mail: World News)
Dozens of MPs who want seats in the House of Lords as an escape route from the expenses scandal have been given an unprecedented warning not to expect an ‘ermine lifeboat’.
What Obama Is Learning From Facebook, Google and Ideo (Wired News)
The director of the Obama administration’s personnel office is going to tell me about his recent meetings with Facebook, Google and Ideo as part of an effort to open up government communications and recruit tech-savvy federal employees.
Florida drivers race to beat hike in license, tag fees (Miami Herald)
With the cost of nearly every driving fee scheduled to rise Tuesday, drivers from across the state flooded motor-vehicle offices to renew their licenses and motor-vehicle tags to avoid having to pay more to the government.
Vox Populi (Savannah Morning News)
“My late husband was an auctioneer and it was forbidden for him, his workers or his family to bid on anything. We could make offers after the sale but it was against the rules for the auctioneer to bid.”
Winds of change hit Japan as ruling Liberals lose power (New Zealand’s National Business Review)
Japanese voters have delivered a decisive blow for change by ending the near political monopoly held by the Liberal Democrats for more than 50 years. Instead, voters have chosen a neophyte force, the Democratic Party of Japan, a left-wing populist grouping that wants to emphasise welfare benefits for individuals and families, while curbing the power […]
421 killed during militancy in Lolab (New Kerala)
Srinagar, Aug 30 : As many as 421 persons were killed in different militancy related incidents since their eruption in Lolab, one of the five Assembly constituencies of the frontier district of Kupwara, once the hub of militants in Jammu and Kashmir.
Rewriting the state’s oath (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Job seekers: Beware of ‘work-at-home’ scams (The Jackson Sun)
In a severe recession when jobs are scarce and pennies must be pinched, the prospect of making good money from working at home is almost too good to be true. Unfortunately, the Tennessee Attorney General’s Office has found that to be the case - too many work-at-home schemes promise the moon but bring disappointment and […]
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