News Taco To Go: Pirates, Kobe Bryant, Unemployment And More

Unemployment claims rose again this week, to 412,000, hinting that perhaps the economy isn’t doing as well as we’d hoped.

The U.S. House of Representatives is set to vote on the budget bill that slashed $38 billion, Republicans are trying to rally their own to vote for the bill.

Lakers guard Kobe Bryant was fined $100,000 for letting loose an anti-gay slur during a game earlier this week.

Pirate attacks on the other side of the world hit an all-time high during the past few months.

North Korean officials claim that they have detained a U.S. citizen.