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Stock market rises sharply after hiring picks up

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 1:24 pm; Written by Associated Press

(AP) — The stock market is closing sharply higher after the government reported a pickup in hiring last month.

Obama defends phone data collection program  

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 10:21 am; Written by DARLENE SUPERVILLE,  JOSH LEDERMAN, Associated Press

(AP) — President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America's phone records and foreigners' Internet use, declaring "we have to make choices as a society."

US employers add 175K jobs, rate up to 7.6 pct.

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 10:10 am; Written by  CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER,  PAUL WISEMAN, AP Economics Writers

(AP) — The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in May— a steady pace that shows strength in the face of tax increases and government spending cuts if not enough to reduce still-high unemployment.

Is Big Data turning government into Big Brother?

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 10:08 am; Written by  MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Technology Writer

(AP) — With every phone call they make and every Web excursion they take, people are leaving a digital trail of revealing data that can be tracked by profit-seeking companies and terrorist-hunting government officials.

Appeals court says USTR can withhold document  

Details: Published on 06/07/2013 - 10:03 am; Written by FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press

(AP) — An appeals court says the U.S. Trade Representative can withhold a classified position paper prepared during free-trade negotiations.

Stock market ends choppy day with modest gains  

Details: Published on 06/06/2013 - 2:11 pm; Written by MATTHEW CRAFT, AP Business Writer

(AP) — A bouncy ride on Wall Street ended with a modest gain Thursday.

US regains wealth from recession, but not equally  

Details: Published on 06/06/2013 - 2:09 pm; Written by BERNARD CONDON, CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Business Writers

(AP) — America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.

IRS official: Lavish conference followed IRS rules  

Details: Published on 06/06/2013 - 11:36 am; Written by ALAN FRAM, STEPHEN OHLEMACHER, Associated Press

Faris Fink in his role as Spock. (AP) — An Internal Revenue Service official at the center of the agency's latest scandal told lawmakers Thursday that an expensive conference held in 2010 conformed to existing rules, though he acknowledged it was not the best use of taxpayer money.

Tropical Storm Andrea bearing down on Fla. coast

Details: Published on 06/06/2013 - 11:31 am; Written by  FREIDA FRISARO, Associated Press

Tropical Storm Andrea is off the Florida coast. (AP) — Heavy rain poured down on much of Florida Thursday as the first tropical storm of the Atlantic hurricane season headed toward the state's western coast, while a new tropical storm warning was issued for a swath of the U.S. East Coast.

Made-up names appear in NY high school's yearbook

Details: Published on 06/06/2013 - 11:18 am; Written by Gabriel Dillard

An image from the Hoosick Valley high school yearbook. Photo via troyrecord.com (AP) — Officials at a small school district in upstate New York say an "honest mistake" led to students being identified in the yearbook as "Creepy smile kid" and "Some tall guy."