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Strapped states chop jobless aid

A day labourer stands behind a sign for an employment center in San Diego
U.S. states are making "unprecedented" cuts to unemployment benefit programs, hoping to keep their budgets in line as the country's jobless rate shows no sign of budging, according to a report the National Employment Law Project released on Wednesday.
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Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez: Don't Take Me and Justin Seriously

The "Who says" singer told Glamour Magazine "I'm 19, so I feel like everything that I'm doing right now should not be taken too seriously. I should be able to have fun and enjoy where I'm at! So I don't want to spend my time hiding or worrying about all of that."
Casey Anthony

Casey Anthony Spends Time Shopping; Her Lawyers Rip Apart Judge Strickland's Probation Order

Weeks after her acquittal in the Caylee Anthony murder case and subsequent release from jail, Casey Anthony has been spotted for the first time in public. Casey's public appearance coincided with her lawyers presenting a motion in the Orange County Court house to quash and throw out an order made by Judge Stan Strickland asking her to serve a one-year probation in Florida.
Tea Party supporters

Tea Party groups see Medicare overhaul chance

With Medicare at the top of lawmakers' fall agenda, Tea Party movement leaders hope to ignite support for Republican plans to transform the popular federal healthcare program for the elderly.
Tropical Storm Emily

Tropical Storm Emily to Make Direct Hit on Haiti, Florida Possibly in its Path

As of 8 a.m. on Wednesday, Emily was located at about 145 miles southeast of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic with maximum sustained winds of 50 miles per hour, or 85 kilometers per hour. Emily is still on a westward movement at a speed of 14 miles per hour, according to the National Weather Service.
Bull and a bear styrofoam figurines are pictured at the trading floor of Frankfurt's stock exchange in a wide-angle picture taken during morning trading session

Stocks negative on the year, gold hits record

Major stock indexes around the world lost all of their gains on the year and gold hit a record on Tuesday after a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling gave no comfort to investors preoccupied with sluggish global growth.
Tropical Storm Emily

Tropical Storm Emily Gains Strength, Continues Westward Towards Puerto Rico

A strengthening Tropical Storm Emily is continues to move westward through the Caribbean inching closer to the islands of Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and Haiti where watches and warnings are in effect. The National Hurricane Center said as of 2 p.m. Emily about 215 miles southeast of San Juan, Puerto Rico, moving at 12 miles per hour with maximum sustained winds of 45 miles per hour.
Singer Fantasia Barrino performs during the Apollo Theatre's 75th anniversary gala in New York

Fantasia reveals she is pregnant

Pop star and past "American Idol" winner Fantasia Barrino told fans at a charity concert in Jacksonville, Florida that she is pregnant again.

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