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Companies add 67,000 workers in August; unemployment rate climbs to 9.6 percent
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Krauthammer: Obama sees the war in Afghanistan as an unwanted interference with changing America.
- Gerson: Christians are undermining their faith
- Robinson: Americans act like spoiled brats
- Telnaes: Memories of Mideast peace
- Toles cartoon: Goodnight, Fenty?
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- Vote now: Tax breaks, spending or nothing
- Your take: Has Earl changed your plans?
- Your photos: Hurricanes and storms
- On Faith: Obama, Beck and Christianity
Is Steve Jobs abandoning the geeks?
Jena McGregor | The mass market appeal of the new $99 Apple TV has some worried. Is Jobs changing the formula from the slick but expensive gadgets that Apple is known for?
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- Lafair: The challenge of dialogue over Park 51
People along Eastern Seaboard brace for major disruptions, significant damage as wind and rain are expected to sweep up the coast.
Rob Stein and Michael W. Savage | 7:57 a.m. ET
- Hurricane Earl blows through Outer Banks
- Live updates | Hurricane humor | Weather Gang
- Hurricane approaches | Your Take
Blaze aboard oil platform in Gulf of Mexico adds to political debate over safety of offshore wells.
Steven Mufson and David A. Fahrenthold
- Scene of fire | Coast Guard: No oil leaks
- Shallow-water fire raises wider questions
- BP points to innovations arising from spill
- Temporary cap removed | Some fishing reopened
White House advisers mull package of business tax breaks to spur hiring, combat GOP charges.
Anne E. Kornblut and Lori Montgomery
- Retail sales, home contracts rise modestly
- Pearlstein: Put millionaires' tax money to good use
- Poll: What's the smartest stimulus for economy?
Those who were unemployed during recession are more likely to see selves as overqualified for jobs.
Michael A. Fletcher
The obstacles U.S. evangelicals faced in trying to bring sex education to China's teens.
William Wan
As new details emerge about James J. Lee's past, officers recount split-second decisions to end Discovery Channel hostage standoff.
Dan Morse
- 'Important step' in Mideast talks | Scene
- World stocks up ahead of key U.S. jobs data
- Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool
- Pink Panthers jewel heist suspect charged in Japan
- Police say attacks on Pakistani minorities kill 23
- Verdicts read in major Portugal child sex abuse trial
- Gates visits U.S. forces in southern Afghanistan
- 'Overhaul' details rescue of U.S. automakers
- Karzai's brother asks for bailout | User Poll
- After Iraq war, seemingly mixed messages
- Feds sue Arizona sheriff in civil rights probe
- Cue 'Jaws' theme: 8-foot shark caught in Potomac
- Spy Talk: Details on remains in duffel bag
- The Fix: RGA drops $2 million on ads in Florida
- Color of Money: Sobering message on student debt
- Reliable Source: Bradley Cooper, Renée Zellweger
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- The Checkup: Is that right? Beware bed bug remedies
- All We Can Eat: Spirits: Most inventive daiquiri of summer
- The Answer Sheet: The decade’s best education books?
- Political Bookworm: In praise of hands-on work
- Class Struggle: How AP and IB mess up college enrollment
- Redskins Insider: Game's leading tackler Robert Henson hurt
- Reliable Source: Hey isn't that...?: Bradley Cooper and Renée Zellweger
- Tom Toles: Goodnight, Fenty?
- Ann Telnaes: From the archives: Middle East peace
- Maryland Politics: Mike Huckabee weighs in on Md. delegate race
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- Jury struggles with actress' marriage fraud case
- Man in Letterman blackmail plot freed from jail
- Court sets hearing in Jackson estate case
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