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While the decision to delay was nearly unanimous – there was one dissenter – nearly the same amount of FOMC members said they also believe rates will move higher before the end of the year. That sentiment may have changed given the release of Friday’s much-worse-than-expected jobs report, but the minutes should provide some additional insight into why the Fed held off on a rate hike and when they might actually pull the trigger. The minutes will be released Thursday at 2 p.m. Also scheduled for release next week are: the ISM Non-manufacturing index on Monday; a report on international...

Police find body that could be missing teen By: JASON REEVES , Staff Writer 12/13/2003 CHESTERFIELD - The search for Marquis Anton Jobes, the 13-year-old boy missing since the October murder of his mother, may have come to a tragic conclusion. Authorities recovered the body of an unidentified juvenile yesterday in Richmond that they believe could be the missing child. The remains were located during the early morning hours in a wooded area behind the Kmart at 6807 Midlothian Turnpike, police said. No cause of death was released by police and few details of the find were made public. Authorities...