Employers axed 533,000 jobs in November, the largest cutback in 34 years. The Labor Department's report pushes the unemployment rate to 6.7 percent - a 15 year high. (Dec. 5)
The Justice Department is readying indictments that could send Blackwater Worldwide guards to prison for at least 30 years for their involvement in the deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting of Iraqi civilians. (Dec. 5)
Here's the latest news for Friday, December 5th, 2008: Democrats fight for automakers; O.J. Simpson to be sentenced; Blackwater guards could get 30 years; Thailand airport reopens. (Dec. 5)
Two teenage girls who worked at a Minnesota nursing home have been charged as adults with abuse, accused of taunting, spitting on and groping residents who suffered from Alzheimer's disease. (Dec. 4)