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Saturday, October 9, 2010
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Public Jobs Drop Amid Slowdown in Private Hiring
By CATHERINE RAMPELL
The United States economy lost 95,000 nonfarm jobs in September, the result of a decline in government jobs at all levels.
Nobel Peace Prize Given to Jailed Chinese Dissident
By ANDREW JACOBS and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
In awarding the prize to Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Committee delivered a stinging rebuke of China’s growing intolerance for domestic dissent.
Largest U.S. Bank Halts Foreclosures in All States
By DAVID STREITFELD and NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
The action by Bank of America is likely to increase pressure on lenders to declare their own moratoriums.
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| | QUOTATION OF THE DAY |
"He is most definitely not the blow-dry-haired, antiseptic, focus-group-tested candidate that most are used to in this day and age in politics. And that cuts both ways."
CHRISTOPHER LEHANE, a Democratic consultant, on Jerry Brown, who is running for governor of California.
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Nobel Prize Is Seen as Rebuke to China
By EDWARD WONG
The award was a sharp rejoinder to China’s philosophy that freedoms are indigenous to the West.
With Drilling Near End, Chile Rescue Enters Risky Phase
By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO and HENRY FOUNTAIN
A powerful drill could reach 33 trapped miners Saturday, but rescuers face difficult engineering and medical decisions in the remaining days of the unprecedented effort.
Civilian Replaces General in Key Foreign Policy Job
By DAVID E. SANGER and HELENE COOPER
Gen. James L. Jones will step down and be replaced by Thomas E. Donilon, President Obama announced.
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Activism of Thomas’s Wife Could Raise Judicial Issues
By JACKIE CALMES
Virginia Thomas, wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, has accepted large contributions for her new political nonprofit group, raising questions for some who study judicial ethics.
Campaign Gaffes Highlight 2 Jerry Browns
By JESSE McKINLEY
An aide’s crude remark about Jerry Brown’s opponent in the California governor’s race reminded many of a dichotomy in Mr. Brown’s long career.
Anti-Incumbent Fervor Skips Tennessee District
By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
Representative Lincoln Davis, a conservative Democrat, is determined to hold on to his seat in a race against his Republican challenger, Scott DesJarlais.
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| | ON THIS DAY |
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