The U.S. job market showed more signs of weakness Friday, as the Labor Department reported just 22,000 jobs added in August. Revised figures show the economy lost jobs in June, for the first time since the pandemic winter of 2020.
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Southeast Missouri's football program will once again partner with the Southeast Missouri Food Bank to Sack Hunger during the 2025 season.
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This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Reneé Rapp and panelists Alonzo Bodden, Amy Dickinson, and Shane O'Neill
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Davey Johnson, an All-Star second baseman who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player and managed the New York Mets to the title in 1986, died Friday.
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Dryden backstopped the NHL's most successful franchise to championships in six of his eight seasons in the league from 1970-71 to '78-79. He died after a fight with cancer.
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NPR Founding Mother Susan Stamberg is retiring. She became the first woman to anchor a nightly national news program in 1972, and helped loosen up the serious, stodgy sound of radio hosts.
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Federal agents arrested nearly 500 workers they said were in the U.S. illegally at a construction site in Georgia for a South Korean battery maker. Officials said it was the largest immigration enforcement action at a site.
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In this episode of 'Exposition', we speak with Doug Deming of 'Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones', who are the sixth and final featured performers in the Fall 2025 Series of 'Tunes at Twilight' held by Old Town Cape. Due to the potential rain, this week's 'Tunes at Twilight' is moving to the rain-out location, Gospel Life Church, located at 817 Broadway Street. 'Doug Deming & The Jewel Tones' play from 6:30 to 7:30 pm Fri. Sept. 5th.
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