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Please add updates@feedmyinbox.com to your address book to make sure you receive these messages in the future. Reuters: U.S. U.S. workers on jobless benefits at record high February 26, 2009 at 8:28 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless aid jumped to a record high in mid-February, while the recession undercut demand for manufactured goods last month and sent new homes sales to their lowest since 1963. Wall Street rates poorly for ethics, honesty: poll February 26, 2009 at 8:21 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - Americans hold a dim view of business executives, giving them poor grades for honesty and ethics and blaming them for business failures, according to a survey released on Thursday. Air Force gives Pentagon new F-22 purchase plan February 26, 2009 at 8:19 pm ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force's top general said Thursday he had put forward a fresh request for top-of-the-line F-22 fighter jets that would postpone an otherwise-imminent start to shutting down Lockheed Martin Corp's production line. Scripps to shut storied Rocky Mountain News February 26, 2009 at 7:46 pm DENVER (Reuters) - Media conglomerate EW Scripps Co will close the Pulitzer Prize-winning Rocky Mountain News after failing to lure qualified buyers, as the industry endures a painful and prolonged economic downturn. Feedyards suffer as hamburgers replace steaks February 26, 2009 at 7:33 pm CHICAGO (Reuters) - Americans are eating more hamburgers and fewer steaks as the economy wallows in recession, and that has led to huge losses at U.S. feedyards that fatten the cattle for steaks. U.S. charges suspected al Qaeda agent February 26, 2009 at 7:02 pm WASHINGTON/MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S. criminal charges were filed on Thursday against Ali al-Marri, a suspected al Qaeda "sleeper" agent held for 5 1/2 years at a military prison in South Carolina, sources involved in the case said. U.S. charities fear proposed tax law change February 26, 2009 at 5:56 pm ATLANTA (Reuters) - Proposed tax law changes in President Barack Obama's budget could hit charities hard even as demand for their services rises due to the worst recession in decades, U.S. charitable groups warned on Thursday. U.S. workers on jobless benefits at record high February 26, 2009 at 2:50 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless aid jumped to a record high in mid-February, while the recession undercut demand for manufactured goods last month and sent new homes sales to their lowest since 1963. Obama healthcare budget includes FDA reform February 26, 2009 at 2:45 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama's new budget includes more than $1 billion to help the U.S. Food and Drug Administration strengthen its food safety efforts, $6 billion for cancer research and a program to send nurses to the homes of new mothers to check their babies. Obama swings axe at student loan program February 26, 2009 at 2:37 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The $85-billion U.S. college student loan business reeled on Thursday from a proposal in President Barack Obama's 2010 federal budget that would axe the giant federally guaranteed student loan program. NY plans pedestrian zones on Broadway to ease traffic February 26, 2009 at 2:36 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City plans to ban all vehicles from two notoriously congested stretches of Broadway, the wide avenue that cuts diagonally through the city's otherwise orderly grid, in a bid to ease traffic in the busy Times Square area. Obama's budget supports drug import plan February 26, 2009 at 2:34 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's budget backs a plan to allow people to buy cheaper medicines from other countries, which typically offer lower prices than the United States. Billions flow to water, sewer funds in Obama budget February 26, 2009 at 2:33 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. states would get a significant bump in funds for clean drinking water and sewer systems under the budget President Barack Obama proposed on Thursday. Dutch citizen admits to Iraq attacks conspiracy February 26, 2009 at 12:20 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An Iraqi-born Dutch citizen pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiracy to murder Americans overseas between 2003 and 2005 by planting roadside bombs targeting U.S. soldiers in Fallujah, Iraq, the Justice Department said. U.S. farmers face shrinking markets, subsidy woes February 26, 2009 at 11:41 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - American farmers will face shrinking export markets and sharply retreating prices this year while some of the richer ones will fight to hang on to long cherished subsidies. Obama proposes $1 billion/year boost for child nutrition February 26, 2009 at 11:08 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama proposed a $1 billion a year increase in funding on Thursday for U.S. child nutrition programs including school lunches.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.