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Thanks a lot. jon: shoppers were keeping a tied hold on money last month, retailers are reporting sluggish sales for june in general, buyers holding back unless they were offered deep discounts and then they pulled out their wallets only if they really needed something. this lackluster performance is adding to concerns about the health. economic recovery overall. and a lot of people are still out of work. theres just a bit of a glimmer of hope out today, new claims for jobless benefits, falling ...

Finding work, saving money and protecting natural resources. it sounds like a pretty admirable lifes mission, doesnt it? thats exactly what susan niece lo nieceloss is doing. it highlights everyday americans who are doing something environmentally progressive without government or corporate help. she introduces us to an iraqi vet turned green activist who despite debilitating injuries he suffered during war, hes making his mark and paying it forward. >> when i got deployed to iraq, i went with m...

Unable to afford college, he did what he could to get by. finding work as a gas station attendant, a produce salesman, a meat cutter, and a welder in the shipyards of baltimore and tampa during world war ii. returning home to west virginia after the war he ran for the statehouse of delegates using his fiddle case as a briefcase, the better to stand out on the stump. before long he ran for congress, serving in the house before jumping over to the senate where he was elected nine times and held al...

Jane: except for the fact that im not scowling like jon always says i am. [laughter] jenna, thank you very much for the free stuff. jon: i went to dunkin doughnuts, they did not offer me a free doughnut. jane: you were probably scowling. jon: it was 5 in the morning. if you want to find out how to get your hands on more free sturvetion find it out on our blog, foxnews.com/happening nown with anyone. in,. jane: were not doing this right. jon: sir tom jones, the las vegas mainstay was not always t...

Know, i guess 33 of his colleagues and the ones that blocked this week after week, 11 times, jim bunning dropped unemployment extension and coburns done it, several others have done it. they forget its not unemployment welfare. its unemployment insurance pop people have been paying into the unemployment fund. when you have a job, income, you pay into an insurance fund. when you lose your job you get assistance from that fund. these are people not sitting at home. ive talked to people sending out...

Good morning, everybody. im david shuster live in washington. a new jobs report is out. it shows more people are finding work. is this significant enough to be called a turning point. is underemployment becoming the bigger problem? big changes in who gets screened at the airport. will this make the skies safer? well show you the new rules. if they want their television, prison inmates will have to pedal for it. well talk to the arizona sheriff behind this new program. we begin this morning...

The company says it will close four of its fruit spread plants in tennessee and quebec. snuckers, which owns follow gears folgers. it will help cut cost and modernize. snuckers, and with a name like that, it has to be good. says it will produce jams, syrup and ice cream toppings with a new plant in ohio. with the economy the way it is, fewer college graduates finding work. and affording the cost of senior care. more adults are moving back in with the parents and more seniors are living with thei...

Benefits that long actually keeps people from finding work. good morning. >> why is 99 weeks a bad thing. >> it takes time to find a job. if you have 26 weeks, after moooning you get on the pon competent find a yob. 99 weeks, people put off looking for work. ford and carter year, when we had lots of unemployment if you make a thousand a week and wife working and you get $500 unemployment hit on take home page is not that large. it is tempting to sit around the house. >> it is a toughitance to ta...

People who spent $100 a week at leading national supermarkets... on frequently purchased groceries... could have saved $55 in one month... by shopping at walmart instead. its another pantry filled. and another great day for the savers. save money. live better. walmart. oh, nice live shot of the white house. sun coming up over washington. >> beautiful picture. >> where we are this morning, nbc news washington bureau. welcome back to "morning joe." 6:30 on the east coast t is time now for a look...

We might have three children one of whom is disabled we couldnt get any treatment at home no medicine and its hard for one person to survive there but with three children its impossible i came here hoping to make some money i know there are many opportunities but at least we have something to eat here. and for the time being they have somewhere to stay and some medical assistance. but the prospects of finding work in northern brazil are slim but that really set our people so far i havent found a...