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The unemployment rate jumped to 9.4 percent in May, the highest in more than 25 years. But the furious pace of layoffs eased, with employers cutting 345,000 jobs, the fewest since September.

Najibullah Zazi was indicted Thursday on charges of conspiring to detonate bombs in the United States. Court documents charge that in July and August, Zazi and associates in Denver purchased large quantities of chemicals that could be used to make bombs.

Najibullah Zazi appeared before a Brooklyn judge for the first time Tuesday and was ordered held without bail. Law enforcement officials say his alleged plot was the most serious terrorist threat against the U.S. since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.

The president said his administration will do everything possible to spur job creation after the U.S. unemployment rate climbed to the highest rate in years. A Labor Department report said employers cut 263,000 jobs last month. The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade and government.

President Hamid Karzai and Abdullah Abdullah both have roughly 40 percent of the presidential vote with 10 percent of polling stations counted, Afghanistan's election commission says. Both candidates have accused the other of widespread vote fraud. Experts cautioned that the partial returns offer little to go on to predict a winner.

A British publisher launched an unusual book Monday — an authorized history of MI5, the British domestic intelligence agency. It's the first authorized history of any Western intelligence agency, and allowing an academic to write it and comb through the agency's files has raised some questions about why the agency's secrets shouldn't be kept secret.

The U.S. government has poured $50 billion into General Motors, and taxpayers own 61 percent of the automaker's stock. Now the question is whether sales can ever recover enough for the public to get its money back.

Despite the political obituaries that keep popping up, the Republican moderate hasn't disappeared from the midterm scene. In Michigan, GOP governor candidate Rick Snyder appears to have the lead, despite keeping the Tea Party at arm's length.

In an attempt to manage the growing problem of student debt, the Department of Education has announced new rules for students seeking Pell grants. But commentator Harry C. Alford of The Root argues that the rules disproportionately harm minority students.

The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the recession, which began in December 2007, ended more than a year ago. But leading economists -- and the president -- said it doesn't mean the economy is now back on track.