BARACK OBAMA

The 9/11 Tribute Lights are illuminating the New York City skyline on the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attack.

Michelle Obama visited the US Open on Friday at New York's Flushing Meadows to promote her Let's Move campaign which seeks to end childhood obesity in the United States

Vague pledges and a lack of action by G7 countries underscored differences between Europe and the United States and a lack of room to maneuver in the face of the worst loss of confidence since the credit crisis.

Tropical Storm Lee dumped heavy rain on an already soggy U.S. northeast on Thursday leading the river to break high-water records set nearly 40 years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Agnes.

More than 31 million Americans watched President Barack Obama deliver his agenda for creating jobs in a speech broadcast live on television, ratings data showed on Friday.

Europe knows it must do more to persuade financial markets it is coming to grips with its debt problems but there is no question it has the financial firepower to do so, a senior U.S. official said on Friday.

As Dawn chips away at paying back her $18,000 debt load, the 45-year old swears she'll never use credit again.

Caterpillar Inc is struggling to add skilled workers in its manufacturing operations despite high U.S. unemployment levels that have forced President Barack Obama to take extraordinary measures, the company's chief executive said on Friday.

Wall Street stocks tumbled on Friday after the surprise resignation of a European Central Bank executive board member brought concerns over the region's debt back to the fore.

The one component of President Barack Obama's jobs plan most likely to win approval in Congress -- payroll tax cuts -- will produce only a modest incremental lift to the U.S. economy and may barely nudge unemployment lower.

Much destruction remains

Despite a credible but unconfirmed terror threat against New York City and Washington, D.C., President Barack Obama will not change his plans to travel to ground zero for the 10th anniversary of the Sept . 11 terrorist attacks.

Weak jobs and housing starts data for August doused any hopes for robust growth after a bleak second quarter, underscoring its vulnerability to a struggling U.S. economy and the widening European debt crisis.

The FBI raided the home of Solyndra CEO Brian Harrison on Thursday, the same day it searched the solar energy firm's Fremont, Calif., headquarters.

Gold prices fought back Friday against a powerful downdraft of worry about Europe's currency, prosperity and even unity to end the day in positive territory.

U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday after the top German official at the European Central Bank resigned in protest of the bank's bond-buying program, which has been a major tool in fighting the region's debt crisis.

President Barack Obama on Thursday directed U.S. intelligence officials to take all precautions after receiving credible intelligence that al-Qaida militants in Pakistan may be pursuing a plot to carry out car or truck bombings in Washington, D.C., and New York City to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks.

Investors are likely skeptical about the efficacy of Obama’s jobs program and whether or not such a massive scheme would pass Congress.

China and the United States should reduce trade and investment barriers to create jobs, U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke said on Friday, striking a broadly cooperative tone in his first official public address since assuming the position in August.

President Barack Obama, seeking to rescue a faltering U.S. economy and his own re-election prospects, began an uphill battle on Friday to win Republican support for a $447 billion jobs plan.

President Barack Obama's freshly unveiled $447 billion jobs plan would substantially boost the economy by creating 1.9 million payroll jobs and growing the U.S. economy 2 percent, Moody's Analytics Chief Economist Mark Zandi said.