Tweet Washington : The US unemployment rate jumped to 9.7 percent in August, as employers slashed an additional 216,000 jobs, the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported Friday. While employers cut fewer jobs in August than in July – when 276,000 jobs were lost – the unemployment rate soared to a 26-year high. The rate is [...]

Tweet New York : Jelena Jankovic’s usual smile was missing as the fifth seed played and lost Thursday at the US Open following news of the death of her grandmother in Serbia. “I wasn’t really on the court because my grandmother died,” Jankovic said after losing to Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakstan 6-3, 6-7 (4-7), 7-6 [...]