Weekly Unemployment Claims: 26 Year High

The DOL reports on weekly unemployment insurance claims:In the week ending Dec. 20, the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 586,000, an increase of 30,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 556,000. The 4-week moving average was 558,000, an increase of 13,750 from the previous week’s revised average of 544,250.…The advance number [...]

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Court sides with ACLU, strikes down Patriot Act gag provision

ACLU victorious as federal court declares Patriot Act provision a violation of the First AmendmentA federal appeals court ruling late Monday is the cause clbre of the American Civil Liberties Union, as another provision of the Bush administrations Patriot Act falls to the judicial system.Until the ruling, recipients of so-called national security letters were legally [...]

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