Naples Daily News 3 weeks ago

Editorial: Unemployment rate ... a number to worry about

The number that President Barack Obama needs to worry about is not two, the number of governorships the Democrats lost on Tuesday. It is 10.2 percent, the unemployment rate for October announced Friday by the U.S. Department of Labor. Full Article at Naples Daily News

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  1. Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero holds up a document while speaking about the unemployment rate as he addressed a parliamentary session to present the government's "economic sustainability" bill in Madrid, December 2, 2009.
  2. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 23:  Job seekers attend the 'Operation: Hire Veterans Career Fair' sponsored by the Department of Labor at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum November 23, 2009 in New York City. The job fair was expected to attract at least 2,500 applicants as the economy continues to sputter.
  3. SAN FRANCISCO - NOVEMBER 23:  A worker walks by near empty shelves in the warehouse at the San Francisco Food Bank November 23, 2009 in San Francisco, California.
  4. LONG BEACH, CA - NOVEMBER 20:  Job seekers attend the Long Beach Mega Diversity Career Fair at the First Congregational Church on November 20, 2009 in Long Beach, California. Unemployment rose in 29 US states and the District of Columbia during October according to a government report today.
  5. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, left, and Pakistani Prime Minister Raza Gilani, right, attend a joint press conference at Downing Street, London, Thursday, Dec. 3, 2009.
  6. DENVER - DECEMBER 02:  An anti-war protester stands alongside a downtown street at rush hour on December 2, 2009 in Denver, Colorado.
  7. KANDAHAR, AFGHANISTAN - DECEMBER 2:  U.S. Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, speaks to the military at the US base Kandahar Airfield December 2, 2009 in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
  8. MADRID, SPAIN - DECEMBER 02:  Caganers of Presidente Obama (L) and Presidentz Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero on sale in stores Christmas at Plaza Mayor on December 2, 2009 in Madrid, Spain.
  9. WASHINGTON - DECEMBER 02:  Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L)and Defense Secretary Robert Gates (L) arrive at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, December 2, 2009 in Washington, DC.

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