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In the middle of the 20th century, more than 6 million African Americans left behind everything they knew in the South and headed to the North, Midwest and West Coast. That "Great Migration" is the subject of a new book by Isabel Wilkerson, called The Warmth of Other Suns..

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 points Wednesday, fueled by better-than-expected retail sales numbers and big profits at JP Morgan Chase. The bank reported third-quarter earnings of $3.6 billion, but warned that it still expects more problems with consumer loans.

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.6 hit Oklahoma on Saturday morning. StateImpact Oklahoma reporter Joe Wertz talks about earthquakes and their connections to oil and gas production.

Christopher Haynes has been on the run for a week, since escaping from police custody at George Washington University Hospital on Sept. 6.

More Americans lost jobs in January than in any month in the past 34 years, adding to the nation's strained unemployment roll as the Obama administration tries to pull the economy out of a tailspin. This was the deepest cut in payrolls since December 1974.

Yahoo is rejecting an unsolicited $44.6 billion offer from Microsoft. But it remains to be seen whether Yahoo shareholders will support a management decision to snub the software giant's bid.

The Labor Department has said the nation's unemployment rate rose to 6.5 percent in October, its highest rate in 14 years. The report said 240,000 jobs were lost, worse than expected. This year, 1.2 million jobs have been lost.

It's been six months since 42 people were killed when U.S. forces struck a hospital in northern Afghanistan. The injured and families of the dead are to receive condolence money of up to $6,000.

The European Union shelved an anti-pesticide proposal Tuesday in another concession to farmers after weeks of protests that blocked many capitals and economic lifelines across the 27-nation bloc.

Boeing said Monday it made a “best and final offer” to striking machinists, but the workers' union said the proposal isn't good enough and there won't be a ratification vote before Boeing's deadline.