David Magee

Amid a dismal August jobs report Friday that showed a net zero jobs were created in the U.S. last month, fueling concerns that the nation is heading for another recession, pressure mounts on President Barack Obama ahead of his major jobs speech before Congress on Sept. 8.

Tropical Katia is not expected to strengthen much on Friday, as wind shear clips the system, but forecasters say the storm will likely regain hurricane strength and perhaps cut a path toward the U.S. coast by the middle of next week. At 8 a.m. Friday, Katia was in the Atlantic, 700 miles east of the Leeward Islands. The storm is moving northwest at 15 miles per hour with sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, just below hurricane strength.

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has declared a state of emergency as New Orleans and others in the Gulf Coast region prepare for possibly torrential rainfall and flooding from a developing tropical storm.Tropical Depression 13 poses a high threat level to several states along the Gulf Coast. This is a developing story on Friday with potential for significant impact into the Labor Day weekend and early next week that residents along the coasts of Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and even Texas sho...

Tropical Depression 13 poses a high threat level to the U.S. Gulf Coast region, including potential flooding risks in New Orleans which was devastated by high waters from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal has issued a state of emergency in advance of the storm, likely to intensify to tropical storm status with drenching rainfall.

Ford Motor Company's momentum continued in August, as sales increased 11 percent last month. Ford's resurgent Lincoln brand saw August sales increase 25 percent. Ford's August sales totaled 175,220. Ford brand sales were up 16 percent, paced by utilities (up 49 percent), as Ford's Escape sales were (up 39 percent) and sales of the company's new Explorer were up 300 percen

President Barack Obama didn't mind move the date of his major jobs speech before Congress for Republicans, and now he's planning to get it over in time on Sept. 8 so that it doesn't conflict with the season-opening NFL game that night between the Green Bay Packers and the New Orleans Saints.

Texas has prayed for rain during months-long drought that has escalated in recent weeks with severe heat but the Lonestar state probably didn't want a hurricane to solve the dilemma. Forecasters say, however, that the next hurricane serious hurricane threat to the U.S. may not be Hurricane Katia. A new low-pressure system has developed in the Gulf of Mexico that the National Hurricane Center says is likely to become a tropical cyclone in the next two days before possibly threatening the U.S.,...

One person's savior is another's curse. That's one thing we've learned through history and experience, since good news in one way often means bad news in another -- the balanced scale of life and nature that's often so conflicting and confusing, if not damaging. Such is the case with a developing storm in the Gulf of Mexico, likely to become a tropical cyclone, and eventually a tropical storm and hurricane that will threaten a direct hit on Texas.

The next hurricane serious hurricane threat to the U.S. may not be Hurricane Katia, but a new low-pressure system that developed in the Gulf of Mexico that the National Hurricane Center says is likely to become a tropical cyclone in the next two days. The unnamed storm has a good chance of threatening U.S. states on the northern Gulf Coast -- potentially areas hit by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Now that Hurricane season is in full force, with Irene making the first strike on the U.S. since Ike in 2008 and Hurricane Katia warming up in the Atlantic late this week, it's time to take a crash course. Here are five things to know about a hurricane.

There's a story you may have heard today. It's about Apple's iPhone 5, and how a prototype of the product supposedly got left in a bar. The story goes that an Apple employee left his prototype for the iPhone 5 in a tequila bar in San Francisco, since a similar situation happened with the iPhone 4 last year.

Hurricane Katia is likely to become a major storm this weekend, and an eventual threat to the U.S. has not been ruled out. The National Hurricane Center said Thursday Katia, now about 1,000 miles east of St. Lucia in the Carribbean, is on a projected path to be well east of the Bahamas and south of Bermuda by Sept. 6. Katia has winds near 75 miles per hour, and the storm is moving west at 20 miles per hour.

President Barack Obama will throw down the gauntlet with a major speech before Congress on Sept. 8 that promises to be a defining moment for his term of office. Obama will establish the stakes for solving America's unemployment problem and likely politically live or die by the results. The move, expected to come with a controversial price tag, will determine whether Obama and Democrats or Boehner and Republicans can emerge from gridlock in a presidential election year with the stronger hand. ...

President Barack Obama has bowed to pressure from Republicans and moved the original date of his scheduled high-profile jobs speech. Obama had planned to deliver his major speech suggesting new jobs initiatives that could set the political agenda in Washington for the coming months on Sept. 7 -- but after a Republican request for a date change, it Will be on Sept. 8.

Hurricane Katia is official, as the storm strengthened in the past 24 hours from tropical storm strength. The National Hurricane Center in Miami says Katia, the second hurricane of the 2011 Atlantic season, will likely further strengthen and become a major hurricane by the weekend. The threat that Katia could eventually strike the U.S. remains, through models are uncertain.

Talks resumed Wednesday between Verizon Communications and the unions representing 45,000 landline workers. Unease is said to be growing among many workers, however, who don't think they should have gone back to work.

Texas A&M seeks to move from the Big 12. Here are five things to know.

It's too early for forecasters at the National Hurricane Center to tell if Tropical Storm Katia will eventually strike the U.S. but that possibility certainly exists, they say. Katia holds the potential for making a path similar to Irene's track. Currently, Tropical Storm Katia poses no threat to land. The storm, expected to reach hurricane strength today before perhaps escalating into a major storm category, is located in the middle of the Atlantic, about 1,600 miles east of the island of...

Rick Perry is surging in recent polls into the lead of the race for the Republican party's presidential nomination. It's easy to see why, from among some prominent things he's been known to tote around, including God, Texas and a gun.

Texas A&M is leaving the Big 12 and joining the SEC. Here are five things to know.

While parts of the East Coast hard-hit by Hurricane Irene manage the damage and despair in Connecticut, New Jersey and Vermont another storm is cranking up in the Atlantic -- Tropical Storm Katia is on a path to become Hurricane Katia 2011 later Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. The threat of Katia comes just days after Irene battered the Caribbean and the U.S. It's too early to tell if Katia will also hit the U.S.

AT&T has apparently figured out the key to lawmaker hearts: U.S. jobs. The telecommunications company has committed to bringing 5,000 jobs back to the United States once its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA is approved and finalized. AT&T says the jobs will be in wireless call centers, and will bring back positions that were previously outsourced abroad.

HP's TouchPad debacle just keeps going, and going, and going. The launched the product with big hopes and promises, then seven weeks later they killed it with barely an explanation at all. Discounted to $99, the TouchPad became the hottest tech gadget around for one week, until it sold out. Now, HP is back again, seemingly unable to let go of the TouchPad it created and then walked away from so quickly like it wanted nothing to do with the tablet at all. The latest: HP's statement today on...

While parts of the East Coast hit hard by Hurricane Irene manage the damage and despair in Connecticut, North Carolina, New Jersey and Vermont another storm is cranking up in the Atlantic -- Tropical Storm Katia, likely to become Hurricane Katia later today, according to the National Hurricane Center.

Katia could become a major hurricane, forecasters say. The tropical storm is strengthening.

HP's TouchPad debacle just keeps going, and going, and going. The launched the product with big hopes and promises, then seven weeks later they killed it with barely an explanation at all. Discounted to $99, the TouchPad become the hottest tech gadget around for one week, until it sold out.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke faced dissent in moving forward with aggressive action in response to the U.S. economic slowdown, released minutes from the board's Aug. 9 meeting reveal. The minutes show some Fed officials discussed a more aggressive effort to tackle the slowdown, including another round of Treasury bond purchases, and shifting Fed holdings into long-term Treasury Securities.

Developing Tropical Storm Katia is likely to become major Hurricane Katia -- with potential, albeit slim chance of eventually striking the U.S. as Hurricane Irene did last week.

In the aftermath of devastating Hurricane Irene, while Vermont still battles flood waters and millions along the U.S. East Coast pick up, Tropical Storm Katia has formed and is slowly strengthening as it moves across the Atlantic, expected to soon become Hurricane Katia.