Rutgers University researchers found that the number of Americans who are unemployed, discouraged from seeking work or underemployed has increased nearly 25 percent from a year earlier.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 29 percent of those in their late 60s, which is the generation ahead of the baby boomers or those born between 1946 to 1964, were still employed in 2006, up from 18 percent

The levees that have been breached are different levees than were breached during Hurricane Katrina when the Lower Ninth Ward was also flooded, according to reports. Although the levees that broke during Katrina were repaired, the levees that broke Monday

About 60 National guard soldiers and airmen from Long Island and Rochester are being deployed to New Orleans. They will are being transported there in eight helicopters.

The eye of the storm will pass about 70 miles to the southwest of New Orleans bringing 6 to 12 inches of rain along the Gulf Coast.

U.S. National Hurricane Center officials say that ocean swells from Hanna are expected to increase the risk of dangerous rip currents along portions of the southeastern U.S. coast during the next few days.

While the housing market is continuing to experience difficulty, the decline in home sales has leveled off recently, and sales are rising in some parts of the country," Bush said. "Orders for some durable goods, such as business equipment, are

Even if you're in an area where you're not seeing water now, you may see it this afternoon," Jindal said, noting that areas such as Barataria could flood from winds and rain back side of the storm in the coming

We clearly have evidence that indicated that there was a dead body in the truck of Casey's car, and that that body was Caylee," Sgt. John Allen of the Orange County sheriff's office told local television reporters.

In a bulletin issued at 1:30 p.m. ET, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) here said the former tropical storm had attained maximum sustained winds of 75 mph, making it a minimal Category 1 hurricane.

ANCHORAGE, Aug. 31 -- Democrats accused Gov. Sarah Palin (R) on Sunday of misrepresenting her role in scuttling a controversial bridge project to a remote island in southeast Alaska.

The Islamic Courts militia that has been in control of Middle Shabelle region in recent months fought among themselves on Sunday, wounding at least two fighters.

THE United States government has slapped new sanctions on LRA leader, Joseph Kony, as patience wears thin over the slow pace of the peace talks and the possible signing of a peace agreement.

Government yesterday deported two South African nationals arrested at Entebbe last week on suspicions of being of terrorists.

The Liberia Ship and Corporate Registry (LISCR) has reacted to recent copies of email correspondence which inferred bribery and corrupt practices on the part of LISCR's Yoram Cohen.

Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) has impounded eighteen vehicles for using Rwandan number plates illegally. The RRA acting director of the protection department Seth Muhirwa, told Sunday Times on Thursday at his Kimihurura offices that vehicles from neighboring countries were getting

The Federal Government has stated that it will not breach any convention in order to favour Nigerians involved in criminality abroad.

A Kenyan pastor running an NGO in the country faces allegations of embezzling funds, Sunday Times has learnt. Pastor Joseph Anyienga faces the allegations alongside the General Manager of the organization Sisters of Rwanda one Margaret Karara. The organization has

Unscrupulous people are stealing road signposts along the Kampala-Jinja highway, the Police said.

A 23-year-old man recently had three fingers on his left hand and one finger on the right cut off by people who wanted him to vacate a piece of land they had bought.