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US Consumer Inflation Eased to 7.7% Over Past 12 Months
WASHINGTON (AP) – Price increases moderated in the United States last month in the latest sign that the inflation pressures that have gripped the nation might be easing as the economy slows and consumers grow more cautious. Consumer inflation reached 7.7% in October from a year earlier and 0.4% from September. The year-over-year increase, a…… MORE
Potential Railroad Strike Delayed Until Early December
“The unions say they believe the railroads are banking on the idea that Congress won’t order them to offer more than the Presidential Emergency Board of arbitrators recommended.“ OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The possibility of an economically devastating railroad strike has been pushed back into early December to allow time for engineers and conductors to vote on…… MORE
East Texas Woman Gets Death for Killing Woman to Take Unborn Baby
NEW BOSTON, Texas (AP) — A Texas jury has sentenced a woman to death for killing a pregnant woman to take her unborn daughter. Jurors returned with the sentence for 29-year-old Taylor Parker after deliberating for just over an hour, the Texarkana Gazette reported. Parker was convicted on Oct. 3 of capital murder in the…… MORE
Hurricane Nicole Makes Landfall in Florida
MIAMI (AP) – Officials said Hurricane Nicole made landfall early Thursday along the east coast of Florida, just south of Vero Beach, as it continued to battered a large area of the storm-weary state with strong winds, dangerous storm surge and heavy rain. The rare November hurricane had already led officials to shut down airports…… MORE