Good news on the jobs front today - very good news in fact. The economy added 243-thousand jobs in January, which is about eighty-thousand jobs more than expected.
That lowered the unemployment rate from 8.5 to 8.3 percent.
Panasonic is forecasting a record $10.2 billion annual net loss. The loss was almost entirely caused by restructuring changes and writedowns, including Panasonic's Sanyo electric unit.
NATO Defense Ministers meeting in Brussels friday will discuss how to pay for Afghanistan's expanding security forces after they take over in 2014. It's a controversial issue.
The owner of a Honda Civic Hybrid who sued the automaker over the vehicle's failure to meet its advertised 50 miles-per-gallon has won her lawsuit.
Heather Peters was awarded $9,867 by a LA Superior Court Commissioner.
The Washington state Senate has voted to pass a bill to legalize same-sex marriage.
The Senate passed the bill on vote of 28-21.
Four Republicans crossed party lines and voted with majority Democrats for the measure.
Punxsutawney Phil has predicted six more weeks of winter.
The world famous groundhog made his annual prediction in front of nearly 20,000 people this morning at Gobbler's Knob in central Pennsylvania.
A man accused of hacking a man to death with an ax in Bridgeport and eating part of the victim is on suicide watch in prison and will undergo a psychiatric evaluation.
Sony thursday reported a $2.1 billion net loss for the October to December quarter. The news came a day after Sony announced that Kazuo Hirai would replace Howard Stringer as president and CEO effective April 1st.
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange returned to the British Supreme Court for the second day of his appeal. Assange is fighting extradition to Sweden for questioning over alleged sex offenses, which he denies.