Labor Day News

Moist and tiny eyes staring at the people who just plucked it from the Spanish River, a manatee has its blood drawn for genetic testing on a research boat in the Mobile-Tensaw Delta.

Racing will return to North Wilkesboro Speedway almost a month earlier than originally thought -- just in time for Labor Day.

Emotions ran high as nearly 100 people attended the vigil held after the death of Jermaris West, who was fatally stabbed Memorial Day in Dubuque.

Retailers have been rolling out aggressive TV and online advertisements in an early effort to woo consumers.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation is taking heat over its operations in the Fryingpan Valley this summer.

The sounds of Christmas and the feel of September are mingling these days in November.

Just since Labor Day, greener hotel operations are being stimulated by new programs in five states and one city that have joined the growing movement to environmentally friendly accommodations.

New Jersey Motorsports Park is hosting an AMA Pro Racing event on Labor Day weekend, September 3-5, 2010.

Perhaps it was the Labor Day crowds or maybe the warm weather, but tourism increased in September.

Jordyn Boucher is coming home after a two-month stay at Children's Hospital in Boston and her family is asking the Seacoast community to help welcome her home.

Mikey was a special needs child but as Officer Tony Guzzello points out "he was special not because of his disabilities, but because of his abilities." Sadly, Mikey passed away in his sleep over Labor Day at the age of 24.

I've never really outgrown Halloween, but what I have in mind and heart, are memories of the old, non-commercial Halloweens when the retailers didn't start selling costumes and spooky decorations the day after Labor Day.

A Placer jury said Friday a Reno man was guilty of murder but he did not torture or poison the victim.

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Officials examine the area on the Bay Bridge where a cable snapped, hitting three cars causing one injury.

An interim legislative committee plans to take up the issue of school start dates again on Monday.

A family of four dogs that have been orphaned since September may have a new home.

It started as a fever Labor Day weekend. Denny Sack told his wife Janice he thought he was getting better and could ride it out like most bugs.

Oct. 15--Leaf peepers have been pouring into the state for Maine's annual pageant of multihued foliage, giving a needed boost to the tourism industry that got off to a slow start this summer.

A movement to change the school start date in the Sioux Falls district has people on both sides of the issue voicing concerns.