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An unmanned spacecraft privately financed by the Internet billionaire Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, lost control and crashed during its third month of test flight in West Texas.

In its third month of test flight, an unmanned spacecraft lost control and crashed, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, who privately funded the vehicle, announced on Friday.

President Barack Obama, under fire over high unemployment, stepped up pressure on Congress on Saturday to pass transportation legislation he said would protect almost 1 million American jobs.

His endorsement would be a coup for any of the GOP candidates.

As a blow to commercial space programs, an unmanned spacecraft privately funded by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos crashed during a test flight, said the billionaire CEO on Friday.

Poor U.S. jobs figures on Friday put President Barack Obama on the spot to create a viable jobs plan in a speech to Congress next week that may help determine whether he wins re-election or not.

Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said on Friday there was room for more candidates in the presidential race, but stopped short of announcing whether she would launch her own bid for the White House.

A spaceship funded by Internet billionaire, Jeff Bezos, the chief executive of Amazon.com, crashed during a test flight in West Texas.

President Barack Obama put a stop on Friday to new rules that would limit smog pollution, unexpectedly reversing course on a key policy measure after businesses said it would kill jobs and cost them billions of dollars.

His endorsement would be a coup for any of the GOP candidates.

Following a disappointing jobs report, the Obama administration announced it has decided to postpone a requirement to tighten the nation's clean air standards, claiming the process is too expensive for businesses and local governments to implement in the current economic climate.

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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.

The Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Friday that America needs “a major adjustment in the occupancy of the White House.”

China is backing off from oil and gas investments in Iran, angering the Islamic republic with move officials and executives said reflected Beijing's efforts to appease Washington and avoid U.S. sanctions on its big energy firms.

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.

Sluggish growth and stubbornly high unemployment will continue to plague the economy next year, according to a Office of Management and Budget analysis that offered a potentially grim portent of President Barack Obama's re-election chances.

Countering accusation of being out of touch, the Obama administration announced plans on Thursday for a We the People online feature that would let anybody create a petition on the White House Web site. Any petition that got 5,000 or more signatures in 30 days would get an official review and response.

U.S. President Barack Obama ordered federal assistance to supplement a number of storm-battered areas and counties in New Jersey, days after Hurricane Irene hit the entire Eastern seaboard on August 27, 2011.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney's new memoir revives the fierce battles over U.S. national security policies after the September 11 attacks as it rips open old wounds among aides to President George W. Bush.

Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman called the controversy over the timing of President Obama's speech to Congress concerning jobs nonsense, saying it is what people hate about politics.