howRDUdoin? is a blog about Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

I know we did a rundown of bad economic news last night, but all that happened overnight was the further worsening of the economy, so here’s some more bad economic news this morning!

• Economists have discovered EVEN MORE signs we’re in a recession. In related news, doctors have found even more signs that George Washington is dead, and volcanists have unearthed more evidence that Pompeii was rocked by a large volcanic explosion. [WRAL]
• Everyone is too poor for shopping, but the disabled have an additional reason not to shop: cluttered, poorly laid out stores. [N&O]
• Stocks were all over the place as usual yesterday, and happened to be up when the bell rang and all the glassy-eyed traders were forced to go home. [abc11]
• Rocky Mount has the highest unemployment rate in the state. One man is considering going to Iraq to get a private sector job. I wish that were a joke. [abc11]
• Let us leave this economy as it is so depressing and turn to the world of animals. Beloved lemur Titus has died. Titus was  the senior-most lemur at the Duke Lemur Center and loved having his armpits scratched. Primate technician Bevan Clark said, “I could always count on Titus when I was having a bad day.” [N&O]