A note left on a school wall in the town of Ciudad Juárez last month threatened to harm kindergartners. The note was suspected to be left by drug traffickers.
Even the president-elect?s new goal of creating 3 million jobs would not fully offset the losses of 4 million jobs that some economists are said to be projecting.
The reductions in matching contributions put a new strain on America?s tattered safety net as workers watch their retirement accounts fall with the stock market.
Pro-rebel youths have become a political force in the camps that shelter the 2.7 million people displaced by the war between Sudan?s government and rebels in Darfur.
AP - Firefighters said it was like something out of a movie — passengers emerging from a smoke-filled ravine where the remains of a Boeing 737 lay in flames, its landing gear and left engine shorn off.
AP - A fierce winter storm blew in from the Pacific with up to 2 feet of snow and icy wind, creating a nightmare for holiday travelers already stymied by winter's dance across the northern half of the country.
AP - Vice President-elect Joe Biden will oversee a task force that will make recommendations on how to build the ranks of the middle class, that ambiguously defined segment of society in which most Americans identify themselves.
A passenger aboard Continental Airlines Flight 1404 described a scene of panic as the plane skidded off the runway and caught fire while trying to take off at Denver International Airport on Saturday. "Everybody was trying to get off the plane," passenger Gabriel Trejos told CNN affiliate KUSA. "Everybody was yelling, 'The plane's gonna blow up, the plane's gonna blow up!''' At least 38 people were hospitalized, an official said.
Drivers across the country were warned Saturday to stay off roads and hunker down indoors as more heavy snow and blizzard conditions are forecast for much of the northern part of the U.S. At least one death has been attributed to the storms, which have delayed air traffic, caused havoc on the nation's roads and left thousands without power.
President-elect Barack Obama has decided to increase his goal for creating new jobs after receiving economic forecasts that suggest the economy is in worse shape than had been predicted, two Democratic officials told CNN.
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