S&P downgrades US credit rating

Saturday, August 6, 2011 ~ Updated 9:05 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Republicans and Democrats quickly doled out blame to each other for the first-ever downgrade in the nation's sterling credit rating, an expected but unsettling move that further clouds prospects for the recovery of the fragile U.S. economy.

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