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- Jobs report crushes stocks
- Stocks tumbled Thursday, with the Dow losing 212 points, after a worse-than-expected jobs report hammered hopes that the economy is close to stabilizing.
- Bank vaults slammed shut to small businesses
- Despite emergency stimulus measures, small business lending continues to fall. In the just-ended quarter, the Small Business Administration's flagship program backed 30% fewer loans than it did a year ago, and 55% fewer loans than it did in 2007, before the recession set in.
- Health reform: Will companies flee?
- It is one of the touchiest issues in the health care debate: Would a government-run health plan upend the employer-based health insurance system used by 160 million Americans?
- Seven banks fail, pushing 2009 tally to 52
- Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.
- Stimulus: The cost of high-speed rail
- President Obama is pouring $13 billion into an ambitious high-speed rail project. Some say it will never make money. Some say it will. And still others say profit is not even the point.
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Headlines, News and Veiws
Sex offender accused of attacking boy at Vashon Island pool - Seattle PI.com 7-1-09
District finds funds to retain teachers - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Boy molested at Vashon swimming pool - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Devastating fire destroys home, leaves Maury family with little - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Grand marshal is a man who’s given decades to the Island - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Island photographers capture this place they call home - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Drama Dock gets set for a summer musical - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Editorial: A healthy dose of caution can keep the Fourth safe - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Letters to the Editor: - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Our Puget Sound ecosystem is a special place, altered by Scotch broom - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
It’s summer — break out the white bucks and floating docks - Vashon Beachcomber 7-1-09
Lavender Farm Tour Meets Solar Power - The Vashon Loop 6-26-09
Make A Splash! Free Swim and Water Safety Lessons - The Vashon Loop 6-26-09
2004 VHS Grads Show at Vashon Theatre - The Vashon Loop 6-26-09
Vashon Weather, Forecast, Pass Report & Tide Table
Vashon Be Prepared - Voice of Vashon - Update
Whenever something happens that you need to know about, we’ll get it out there for you. Stay tuned, Stay warm, stay safe, and stay tuned to VoV Standing By at 1650 am on your AM radio dial.
Do you know what to do? What would you do if your home were damaged so bad you could not stay there? How would you cope with the power being out for seven days or longer? How would you help your neighbor?
Making sure that not only you are ready but so will your pets. www.VashonBePrepared.org
Ready for some Snow? Find out when School Schedules change here.
Vashon School District will keep you informed with this website www.schoolreport.org. A direct link to the Vashon School District Emergency Information - Snow/Weather Schedule changes page can be found here. http://schoolreport.org/schoolDetail.php?schoolId=375
Stay updated on most King County Schools here: Public Schools Emergency Communication System. www.schoolreport.org
South Sound and Kitsap School information can be found here: www.pugetinfo.net/
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New York Times
- Short on Cash, California Will Start Paying With I.O.U.?s
- Vendors and taxpayers awaiting refunds will get i.o.u.?s as the governor and state lawmakers continue to wrangle over how to close a $27 billion budget gap.
- U.S. Job Losses Rise and Unemployment Reaches 9.5%
- The pace of job losses quickened last month with the American economy shedding 467,000 jobs, as unemployment rose to its highest level in 26 years.
- Markets Fall After Jobs Report
- Wall Street ended the week with a sharp decline, spurred by the June jobless report. The Dow fell by more than 220 points.
- Media Decoder: Washington Post Cancels ?Salons? With Lobbyists
- Plans were scrapped to charge lobbyists for access to the paper?s staff and government officials at off-the-record ?salons.?
- Green Power Takes Root in the Chinese Desert
- Using carrots and sticks, Beijing is steering an immense push toward wind and solar power, while the U.S. is just starting.
- U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region
- A new American military operation in southern Afghanistan may ignite further tensions among a weary population, residents and local officials warn.
- U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley
- Almost 4,000 Marines moved to clear Taliban fighters from the volatile Helmand River valley.
- U.S. Says It Will Preserve C.I.A. Secret Jails for Terrorism Case
- The government will agree to preserve the secret overseas sites where Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, a defendant in a terror case involving the deaths of 224 people, was once held.
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CNN Headline News
- Lone survivor of 1971 crash fell 2 miles
- A Lockheed Electra turboprop flying over the Amazon rainforest on Christmas Eve in 1971 broke into pieces in midair, thrusting 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke into a free fall. She dropped 2 miles into the jungle canopy but survived with only minor injuries; the 91 other people on board died. With search crews unable to locate the site, her ordeal was far from over.
- Attacks, arrests slowing online news from Iran
- Bloody attacks and midnight arrests, combined with a regime growing more tech savvy, have begun to stem the online information flow from dissidents in Iran, activists and human rights officials say. Once emboldened by an ability to dodge the government and spread news, many in the youth-driven protest movement, they say, now fear the consequences.
- Rowe may seek custody of Jackson kids
- Michael Jackson appeared active in a video -- obtained by CNN -- of his rehearsal two nights before he died. AEG, promoter of Jackson's planned London shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing "They Don't Care About Us" on a stage in the Staples Center arena on June 23.
- Diprivan not approved for sleep disorders
- Diprivan is a powerful I.V. anesthetic drug used for patients undergoing certain surgeries and diagnostic procedures.
- Ex-VP accuses insurer of 'purging' customers
- Wendell Potter says he is finished defending the insurance industry, which he says is "beholden to Wall Street."
- MySpace suicide case 'tentatively' overturned
- A federal judge tentatively overturned the conviction of a Missouri woman accused of using MySpace to deceive a teenage girl who eventually committed suicide, a U.S. attorney's spokesman told CNN.
- Air France jet 'went straight down,' report says
- The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced today. "The plane went straight down," investigator Alain Bouillard said.
- Captured U.S. soldier reportedly sold to clan
- A U.S. soldier has been captured by militants in Afghanistan, the U.S. military and the Taliban said Thursday.
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- Jackson 'healthy, vibrant' at last rehearsal
- The rehearsals ended on a high note. Michael Jackson was energetic and excited. He put his arm around concert promoter Randy Phillips and whispered: "I know we're going to get it there together." A few hours later Jackson was dead.
- Rowe may seek custody of Jackson kids
- Michael Jackson appeared healthy in a video clip of his rehearsal two nights before he died. AEG, promoter of Jackson's planned London shows, released the short video of Jackson rehearsing on a stage in the Staples Center on June 23.
- In death, will Jackson be more profitable?
- Michael Jackson's financial woes were well documented: Numerous lawsuits, loss of control of his beloved Neverland and reports that he was hundreds of millions of dollars in debt all point to a complex money mess that trailed the King of Pop as vigilantly as his most ardent fans.
- Jackson's chimp Bubbles enjoying retirement
- Bubbles gained fame over two decades ago as Michael Jackson's simian companion. Now at age 26, Bubbles has retired to the Center for Great Apes outside Wauchula, Florida.
- Actor Karl Malden dead at 97
- Actor Karl Malden died Wednesday at age 97, his manager said.
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