On Sunday night, Serena Williams jumped with joy after ousting Jelena Jankovic with a straight-set win over 6-4, 7-5, in a thrilling match full of spectacular strokes and momentum swings. This was William’s third U.S. Open championship and ninth Grand Slam title.

In the final four games, Williams was simply inexorable managing a straight-set win over Jankovic.

Washington, Sept. 8 : Because Barack Obama is black does not mean that white blue-collar workers should vote for him, said Labor leader Gerald W. McEntee.

"There are some of our local union presidents who are afraid - that''s the word, afraid - to give out literature for Barack Obama," said McEntee, the president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, at a gathering of Illinois delegates at the Democratic National Convention last month.

Washington, Sept. 8 : Senator Barack Obama''s foes seized Sunday upon a brief slip of the tongue, when the Democratic presidential nominee was outlining his Christianity but accidentally said, "my Muslim faith."

The three words -- immediately corrected -- were during an exchange with ABC''s George Stephanopoulos on "This Week," when he was trying to criticize the quiet smear campaign suggesting he is a Muslim.

Washington, Sept. 8 : The American economy has lost 605,000 jobs this year and needs to add about 150,000 jobs each month just to keep pace with the growing
workforce.

According to The Guardian, this could be good news for the Democratic Party that is seeking to recapture Washington on the plank of change after an eight-year political
hiatus.

New Delhi, Sept. 8 : The US can be an attractive investment destination for Indian companies seeking to capture the North American and Latin American markets.

Stating this, David Bohigian, Assistant Secretary of State in the Department of Commerce, said that the US could be a strong market, consuming as it does nearly 42 per cent of all consumer goods produced in the world.