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August Unemployment At Five-Year High

The Labor Department says that employers cut nearly 84,000 jobs in August. The unemployment rate for the month was a five-year high of 6.1 percent. Job losses in June and July were also found to be worse than previously believed.

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05.09.2008 22:32:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth

Think the feminists who protested the 1968 Miss America pageant in the name of women's liberation burned their bras? Think again. No bras were set aflame that September day. But the idea that they were helped launch the movement onto the national stage.

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05.09.2008 20:21:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Overbooking Blues: Stuck In The Middle Seat

With more flights filled to capacity, airline passengers are rediscovering the middle seat. Airplanes are now typically more than 80 percent full, and that can translate into a host of problems for travelers — including the possibility of getting bumped.

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05.09.2008 19:57:00 - NPR Topics: News

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What Hanna Did To Haiti

Tropical Storm Hanna has killed over a hundred people in Haiti, and thousands more are still displaced. Madeleine Brand talks to Louis Vigneault of UNICEF in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

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05.09.2008 19:00:00 - NPR Topics: News

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'Marketplace' Report: Unemployment Soars

August was a bad month. Employers slashed 84,000 jobs and the unemployment rate hit a five-year high. We explore why this is particularly bad for female workers.

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05.09.2008 19:00:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Study: Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted

Sea levels could rise between 2.5 and 6 feet this century as a result of global warming, a new study reports. That estimate is lower than some widely circulated figures.

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05.09.2008 18:02:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Searching For The 'Disappeared' In Colombia

Forensic anthropologists are searching for the "disappeared" in Colombia — thousands of people killed by death squads and buried in unmarked graves. Many of the disappearances were not reported out of fear.

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05.09.2008 17:38:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Global Economic Worries Flare Up Again

Fears about the global economy have flared up again, with worries starting in the United States and then infecting Asian markets. Nearly every stock index in Asia lost 2 percent to 3 percent of its value Friday, and European shares also started the trading day lower. The latest flight from financial markets was sparked by gloomy reports on U.S. retail sales and the U.S. labor market.

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05.09.2008 16:34:00 - NPR Topics: News

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Abramoff Gets 4 Years In Jail, Pens Memoir

Jack Abramoff, the lobbyist at the center of a Washington, D.C., corruption scandal, was sentenced Thursday to four years in prison. According to the Washington Post, he told the judge he is no longer the person who "happily and arrogantly" engaged in a lifestyle of corruption. In fact, he's now a writer.

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05.09.2008 16:27:00 - NPR Topics: News

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European Leaders Meet On Georgia-Russia Conflict

European foreign ministers open two days of talks Friday in southern France to discuss sending civilian monitors to Georgia. The aim is to convince Russia to remove its troops.

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05.09.2008 14:53:00 - NPR Topics: News

NPR Topics: News

August Unemployment At Five-Year High

Pageant Protest Sparked Bra-Burning Myth

Overbooking Blues: Stuck In The Middle Seat

What Hanna Did To Haiti

'Marketplace' Report: Unemployment Soars

Study: Sea Levels Won't Rise As Much As Predicted

Searching For The 'Disappeared' In Colombia

Global Economic Worries Flare Up Again

Abramoff Gets 4 Years In Jail, Pens Memoir

European Leaders Meet On Georgia-Russia Conflict

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