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first as we head here into the labor day weekend with a brutal report on the job market. basically, it has come to a grinding halt. the unemployment rate for august didn't budge an inch. here you have the number. it is still sitting at 9.1%. the net number here, that's the important part. the net number of jobs created in august. zero, none, goose egg. private employers did add 17,000 jobs last month. but do the math. government eliminated 17,000. so the net change is zero. this really is a once in a blue moon event. if you think about it. the last time the bottom line on jobs was ze...

The associated press is reporting a bubble of methane gas escaped from a well and then shot right up a drill column and that's what burst through several seals and led to the blast. meantime while communities along the gulf wait to see the impact of the oil spill, we are hearing how the oysters may serve as something of a canary in a coal mine. nbc's mike taibbi reports. >> reporter: on a perfect day to be on the water, we join scientists from the nature conservancy whose goal had been simming, to continue monitoring the artificial reefs they've been creating over the past few months to rebu...