After a week mostly focused on Iraq and Mideast diplomacy, it's back to the economy for President Barack Obama, who will deliver remarks Friday on the August unemployment numbers. (rss.cnn.com)

The Connecticut Department of Children and Families says an internal investigation has found it did not mishandle a case in Torrington where five children were found living in filthy conditions, but will have to improve its service response hotline. Connecticut - Torrington Connecticut - United States - Torrington - Gove... (feeds.boston.com)

Hoping to portray themselves as better neighbors, private colleges nationwide are sweetening financial aid packages for students in their own ... (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)

Verizon Wireless is opening up access to smart phones for customers who prepay for service, which includes people with poor credit and those who don't want to be tied down by long-term contracts. (www.newsvine.com)

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A man who lives at a Southern California home that was searched by detectives investigating a teenager's killing was a teacher's aide at the victim's school. (www.newsvine.com)

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday he had gone public to deny rumors he was gay and in a relationship with an aide because he and his wife were fed up of the allegations. (feeds.reuters.com)

An extra £300,000 of emergency funding has been pledged for Pakistan, by the Scottish government. (www.bbc.co.uk)

The U.N.'s climate chief says poor countries are right to expect that any funding they receive to combat global warming be kept separate from development aid or poverty relief. (www.newsvine.com)

- Britain's government came under pressure Thursday amid allegations that a top prime ministerial aide was involved in illegally tapping cell phones of members of the royal family. (www.newsvine.com)

Nato-led troops investigate reports that 10 election campaigners have been killed in an air strike by foreign forces in northern Afghanistan. (www.bbc.co.uk)

By CHRIS BLANK 2010-09-02T07:44:12Z SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- It's been three years since Scott Eckersley was fired after pointing out that his then-boss, former Gov. Matt Blunt, and others in Blunt's administration should not be deleting certain e-mails because they belonged to the public record.... (hosted.ap.org)

The longtime principals at four schools deemed failing by the state are being promoted by the city -- and a fifth is moving from one failing school to another -- as part of a shrewd and unusual bid by education officials to reap $66 million in federal funds. The bizarre... (www.nypost.com)

After two years of denying that a Health Department manager was fired for reporting financial irregularities, the city has quietly paid him $90,000 to avoid a federal trial, The Post has learned. "The settlement was in the city's best interest," said Paul Marks of the Law Department. The... (www.nypost.com)

Not everyone is convinced that the $150 million in U.S. aid to Pakistan's flood victims makes up for the ill feelings toward the U.S. (rssfeeds.usatoday.com)