Victims of the drug war? Double homicide in UT Austin's west campus neighborhood

Seeded on Mon Jul 27, 2009 1:31 PM EDT (The Austin American-Statesman)

A mid-level drug distributor who sold marijuana to street dealers was killed along with his girlfriend (who may not have had knowledge of the drug activity) by one of the dealers who owed him money.

marijuana, murder, homicide, us-news, austin, drug-war, double-homicide, double-murder

Despite recession, 2 million jobs are currently available in the US

Seeded on Tue Mar 10, 2009 2:23 PM EDT (The Washington Post)

From the "Keeping Things in Perspective" Department.

economy, jobs, unemployment, us-news, employment, recession

Retail sales rise unexpectedly in January: Economists bewildered

Seeded on Thu Feb 12, 2009 11:13 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Retail sales were up 1 percent in January when they were predicted to drop by 0.8 percent. Oh but don't worry, this story will only get very brief mention. I now return you to your regularly scheduled doom and gloom.

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Consecutive Month Layoff Reports Highest Since 1939

Mon Jan 26, 2009 4:11 PM EST

According to a CNN Money MARKET SNAPSHOT today at 02:35 PM ET, layoff numbers for the past three and five consecutive months are the highest they've been since 1939: "Given the new headlines, I would imagine that 500,000 figure to be revised higher, making this the third straight …

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