MI Jobless Rate Hits Levels Not Seen Since 1984
Michigan hit double-digit unemployment last month, the highest monthly rate since 1984.
The December jobless rate jumped to 10.6 percent, a full percentage point increase from November, according to monthly data released Wednesday by the state Department of Energy, Labor & Economic Growth.
Michigan lost 59,000 jobs — with [...]

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Today was a great day for America. We witnessed the peaceful transfer of power and a great shift in ideology.
The failed policies of the past administration are finally over.  A whole new administration is entering the White House.
It’s time to look forward and put fear behind us.

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Pilot is Biggest Hero as Jet Plunges into the Hudson River
A US Airways jetliner with 155 people aboard lost power in both engines, possibly from striking birds, after taking off from La Guardia Airport on Thursday afternoon. The pilot ditched in the icy Hudson River and all on board were rescued by a flotilla of [...]

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TVA Ordered to Clean Up Coal Fired Power Plants
(CNN) — A federal judge has ordered the Tennessee Valley Authority to clean up four coal-fired plants that he said were engulfing parts of North Carolina with air pollution — emissions that fouled the region’s health, economy and natural resources.

Properties near ground zero of the December 22 [...]

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Michigan Outbound Migration Hits Record Levels
Michigan saw the nation’s most outbound migration in 2008, with 67.1 percent of interstate moves heading out, according to a migration study released Wednesday.
It marked the third straight year that Michigan, hard hit by the economy and layoffs in the auto industry, has seen the highest percentage of outbound migration.
Americans [...]

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China Losing Appetite for U.S. Debt
China has bought more than $1 trillion in American debt, but as the global downturn has intensified, Beijing is starting to keep more of its money at home - a shift that could pose some challenges to the U.S. government in the near future but eventually may even produce salutary [...]

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