Tag: Nation

First Lady Michelle Obama speaks during a visit to Orr Elementary in Washington, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, for a back to school event highlighting healthy changes happening in schools and across the country. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

First lady: Anti-obesity effort is changing habits

Darlene Superville · September 6, 2013 10:20 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, according to the Labor Department, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

Muddled US jobs picture to weigh on Fed decision

Christopher Rugaber · September 6, 2013 9:49 pm

Energy and Environment

Energy Department loses $42M on loan to van maker

Matthew Daly · September 6, 2013 9:38 pm

FILE - In this Aug. 14, 2013, file photo, people check out opportunities during a job fair in Miami Lakes, Fla. U.S. employers added 169,000 jobs in August, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.3 percent, the lowest in nearly five years, according to the Labor Department, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013.

Weak jobs report could shape Fed decision on bonds

Christopher Rugaber · September 6, 2013 8:59 pm

2 Fed officials offer differing views on bond buys

Martin Crutsinger · September 6, 2013 8:15 pm

Lebanese pro-Syrian regime supporters hold placards as they gather during a demonstration against a possible military strike in Syria, near the U.S. Embassy in Aukar, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013. The prospect of a U.S.-led strike against Syria has raised concerns of potential retaliation from the Assad regime or its allies. The State Department ordered nonessential U.S. diplomats to leave Lebanon over security concerns and urged private American citizens to depart as well. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

US orders diplomats out of Lebanon

Matthew Lee · September 6, 2013 7:54 pm

US United Nations Ambassador Samantha Power speaks about Syria, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at the Center for American Progress in Washington. Power said Syrian President Bashar Assad âhas barely put a dent in his enormous stockpileâ of chemical weapons that American officials believe killed more than 1,400 people outside Damascus last month. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

US: Syrian chemical weapon stockpile barely dented

Lara Jakes · September 6, 2013 7:37 pm

Biden says Napolitano deserves high court seat

Alicia Caldwell · September 6, 2013 7:34 pm

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. makes his way to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, to introduce a resolution to authorize military action to support President Barack Obama's request for a strike against Syria. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Reid introduces Syria resolution in Senate

Washington Examiner · September 6, 2013 7:33 pm

This Sept. 11, 2001 file photo shows smoke rising from the burning twin towers of the World Trade Center after hijacked planes crashed into the towers, in New York City. The U.S. government is aware of no credible or specific information that points to any terror plot tied to the anniversary of the September 2001 attacks, according to a new confidential threat assessment from the FBI and Homeland Security Department obtained by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

National Security

FBI, DHS: No specific threat to 9/11 anniversary

Eileen Sullivan · September 6, 2013 7:30 pm

Chobani says mold in yogurt does not carry disease

Matthew Perrone · September 6, 2013 6:33 pm

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, file photo, applicants reach for registration forms to attend a combined Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Harlem Week job and career fair at Columbia University in New York. The drop in the unemployment rate in August to a 4Â½-year low was hardly cause for celebration. The rate fell because more people stopped looking for work. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Why fewer working-age Americans are working

Paul Wiseman · September 6, 2013 6:07 pm