WASHINGTON (AP) - The unemployment rate rose in August for the
first time in four months as weak hiring by private employers
wasn't enough to keep pace with a large increase in the number of
people looking for work.
The Labor Department says companies added a net total 67,000 new
jobs last month, down from July's upwardly revised total of
107,000. Wall Street
BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - A weakened Hurricane Earl howled past North
Carolina's Outer Banks before daybreak today on its way up the East
Coast.
It flooded parts of the narrow vacation islands and knocked out
power but stayed farther offshore than feared. There's no immediate
report of injuries.
