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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. economy sheds 651,000 jobs in February March 6, 2009 at 9:10 am WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate hit a 25-year high of 8.1 percent in February as employers buckling under the strain of a recession that shows no sign of ending axed 651,000 jobs, government data showed on Friday. Seattle paper may shift to online-only: reports March 6, 2009 at 8:28 am (Reuters) - Hearst Corp, one of the largest U.S. publishers, has offered some of its Seattle Post-Intelligencer (P-I) staff work in an online-only version of the paper, amidst speculation that the newspaper's print edition may be shutting down, according to media reports. Chris Brown charged with assault on Rihanna March 5, 2009 at 9:10 pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Chris Brown was charged Thursday with felony assault and making criminal threats in what prosecutors say was a Grammy-eve attack on his girlfriend, the pop star Rihanna. Gay marriage backers grilled by California judges March 5, 2009 at 7:48 pm SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Supreme Court justices on Thursday grilled lawyers seeking to overturn a ban on gay marriage, signaling to some that the court would uphold the state constitutional amendment on same-sex weddings passed by voters in November. Shy teen spotlights battle over failing schools March 5, 2009 at 7:44 pm DILLON, South Carolina (Reuters) - A shy 14-year-old girl plucked from obscurity by the White House and given star treatment has come to symbolize a battle over how to fix dilapidated U.S. schools. CNN's Gupta withdraws name for surgeon general March 5, 2009 at 7:12 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - CNN medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta has withdrawn as a possible choice for U.S. surgeon general, an official in President Barack Obama's administration said on Thursday. Only three September 11 lawsuits yet to be settled March 5, 2009 at 6:22 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 90 wrongful death and personal injury claims related to the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States have been settled for a total $500 million, a mediator said on Thursday. Massachusetts seeks default judgment vs. Cohmad March 5, 2009 at 5:39 pm BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts' top securities regulator raised the pressure on accused financial swindler Bernard Madoff on Thursday by asking a judge to put Cohmad Securities out of business in the state. Obama officials vow to cut red tape after Katrina March 5, 2009 at 4:21 pm NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - High-level Obama administration officials visited New Orleans for the first time on Thursday and pledged to cut bureaucratic red tape that has hindered efforts to rebuild after 2005's Hurricane Katrina. Food stamp enrollment jumps to record 31.8 million March 5, 2009 at 3:34 pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A record 31.8 million Americans received food stamps at the latest count, an increase of 700,000 people in one month with the United States in recession, government figures showed on Thursday. Michael Jackson announces comeback March 5, 2009 at 2:31 pm LONDON (Reuters) - Michael Jackson announced his long-awaited comeback on Thursday, telling hundreds of screaming fans he would perform in London this summer and calling it his "final curtain call" in the city. Chris Brown charged with assault on Rihanna March 5, 2009 at 2:09 pm LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Singer Chris Brown was charged on Thursday with felony assault and making a criminal threat after an alleged attack on his girlfriend, the singer Rihanna. U.S. mogul's wife calls time on $60 million space hobby March 5, 2009 at 1:58 pm STAR CITY, Russia (Reuters) - U.S. software mogul Charles Simonyi plans to make history this month by becoming the first tourist to travel to space twice, but after watching him spend $60 million his new wife has decided to clip his wings. One in 8 U.S. homeowners late paying or in foreclosure March 5, 2009 at 1:56 pm NEW YORK (Reuters) - About one in eight U.S. homeowners with mortgages, a record share, ended 2008 behind on their loan payments or in the foreclosure process as job losses intensified a housing crisis spawned by lax lending practices, the Mortgage Bankers Association said on Thursday. U.S. receiver seeks to release some Stanford assets March 5, 2009 at 11:14 am HOUSTON (Reuters) - The court-appointed receiver in charge of the operations and assets of Texas billionaire Allen Stanford's Stanford Group Co asked a federal judge to release some client brokerage accounts that contain $250,000 or less. Seven Merrill execs subpoenaed in New York on pay March 5, 2009 at 10:54 am NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York state's top legal officer issued subpoenas on Wednesday to seven executives who received tens of millions of dollars in 2008 pay from Merrill Lynch & Co before it was taken over by Bank of America, a person familiar with the investigation said.   This email was sent to autoblogs077@gmail.com.  Create Your Account Don't want to receive this feed any longer? Unsubscribe here.