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Prime Minister David Cameron risks his government's austerity drive, particularly its plans to cut police funding, becoming the focus of Britons' fears about the future after the worst looting and rioting in decades hit English cities this week.

Most Britons under 30 have probably never heard of Powell, or perhaps he was someone their parents and grandparents have mentioned.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

Texas Governor Rick Perry, a staunch conservative with a Washington outsider's resume, will seek the 2012 Republican nomination for U.S. president, his spokesman said on Thursday, adding a top contender to the party's field of hopefuls.

The Republican Party argues it's the party of job creation, but the statistics indicate otherwise, at least concerning U.S. presidential administrations. Democratic presidents have a higher annual job creation average, 1.647 million per year, than Republican presidents, 966,388 per year.

In the municipal market, the downgrade will likely affect credits directly supported by federal aid and credits that rely on federal support streams for part of total revenues.

The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefits fell to a four-month low last week, a sliver of hope for an economy battered for days by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.

Poverty, joblessness, and limited education increase HIV risk among heterosexuals, the CDC reported. The agency found that HIV is more prevalent in those with low socioeconomic status in its first survey among heterosexuals

Gold and silver settled lower Thursday after investors returned to stocks amid encouraging news from the Labor Department and stricter margin requirements from the CME Group Inc., which runs US futures markets.

Firmer U.S. stocks pulled world shares higher on Thursday as strong U.S. jobs data took some of the focus away from renewed fears about the health of the euro zone banking system.

Stocks jumped on Thursday as solid results from Cisco and mildly encouraging U.S. jobs data gave investors an excuse to scoop up shares beaten down in several days of sharp selling.

The schizophrenic Dow and other major U.S. markets indexes were having a good day Wednesday, up more than two percent across the board.

Shares of gold mining companies fell Thursday as the broader stock market rebounded on bargain hunting and encouraging US jobs data.

The shadow of Powell, who died in 1998, looms over the burning buildings, gangs of marauding youths and wounded police across the modern British landscape.

Lopez Tonight will bid farewell on Thursday.

The number of Americans claiming new jobless benefitsdropped to a four-month low last week, a sliver of hope for an economy that has been battered by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.

New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a four-month low last week, government data showed on Thursday, a rare dose of good news for an economy that has been battered by a credit rating downgrade and falling share prices.

Massachusetts has been dubbed "Taxachusetts" by critics of the state's taxes but at least for this weekend residents will get a break.

Apple topped Exxon Mobil as the world's most valuable company on Wednesday, but can the company be able to keep up the momentum if the country's economy continues to slip?

A quick look at the GOP members chosen to help tackle the country?s financial problems.

I am puzzled as to why such disorders do not happen in America.