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Months. retail was down 24,000. possibly because of seasonal factors but also, likely because consumers now have less take home pay to spend with payroll taxes rising this year. construction added 18,000 jobs, much less than the 50,000 it added in february. now, despite this weakness as you said the unemployment rate dropped down to 7.6%. but that was mainly because half a million people left the labor force in march. economists say this report means that the federal reserve will keep low intere...

First major company to openly challenge the fbis controversial data gathering process. its so-called national security letters. basically the feds secretly request users information from online and telecommunications companies. ask people like peoples names, addresses and how long they used a particular service. no court approval is required and the companies are not allowed to disclose the request. fox business network rich edson with nor prosecute our newsroom. has the government responded yet...

The closer get to the drawing, they say the sales are going to kick up a lot. take a look at this. 44 states have the powerball lotto, including the virgin islands and d.c the pot is so big that if you pick just five out of six, i mean, thats a lot. but if you pick five out of six, you win a million dollars. even if you pick just one red ball, you still double your money at 4 bucks and you can see there, your chances of doing that, one in 55. so not bad. and good luck. >> shepard: thank you. tra...

>> seems like a candidate. described as a nice, bored, rich socialite. >> thats, thus the show. telling you. calling it. heard it here first, "world news now." >> double in on the bet with my cough drops. >> boom, boom. well both get paid. beautiful. moving on. president obama will certainly face questions about the petraeus scandal during his first post election news conference which happens later today at 1:30 eastern time. abc news, we will be providing live coverage with diane sawyer and g...

Stationed there. this picture was taken two years ago at a party at the kelley home. showing jills twin sister, natalie, general petraeus, jills husband scott, jill, the generals wife, holly. >> theres no question that theyre friends and no reason why they wouldnt be friends. >> reporter: despite all of her lavish entertaining, court documents reviewed by abc news, show that jill kelley and her husband have been sued at least nine times and faced foreclosure on their home, the kelley home also s...

Overwhelmingly all of the polls have shown that biden basically whipped his butt. >> eric: you know what the "wall street journal" is calling it, the bully versus the wonk. i dont know if thats complimentary on either side. >> the polls are showing something completely different. cbs, cnn, all the polls are showing that, in fact, they believe that ryan won. so i dont know where jehmu is getting her polls from. maybe from the democratic national committee. i want to show something thats on facebo...

The only one to vote against it in the senate on the republican side was owe olympia snow who, of course, is leaving the senate. >> each night, rachel maddow takes on the biggest stories of the day with in-depth analysis and all sides of the issue. dont miss the rachel maddow show weeknights at 9:00 pm. despite earlier reports, fbi officials tell the l.a. times they are not investigating any criminal wrong doing by members of the congress who were involved in unusual late-night swim in israel ...

different from the process here in california. here in california, if someone is arrested for a crime, such as murder, the district attorneys office first files a complaint, alleging what the charges are, and then files the complaint. the first court appearance is an arraignment where the accused enters a plea of not guilty and therefore a preliminary hearing takes place. they look at what evidence the prosecution has, and to make a determination as to whether theres probable cause to ...

Wants desperately to be majority leader, criticized the act calling it, what an odd thing. like theyre saying somebody swift-boating. calling it nixonian. lets listen. >> the purpose of this legislation is totally clear. after citizens united, democrats realized they couldnt shut up their critic, so they decided to go after the microphone instead. by trying to scare off the funders. the creation of a modern day nixonian enemys list is currently in full swing and frankly, the american people shou...

Sexual abuse. he told the jury coach sandusky sent him creepy as he put it love letters and treated him like his girlfriend. in all, prosecutors say coach sandusky approved 10 boys over a period of 15 years. they say he got close to the victim through his second mile charity, calling it, quote: the perfect environment for the predatory pedophile. sandusky has denied all the charges and his attorneys say some of the accusers have a financial interest in the outcome of this case. youll recall jerr...