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Nation's jobless rate tops 10 percent

Barbara Wingrove, left, Human Resources Program Coordinator, University of Michigan Health System, talks with Eric Bourdeau while attending a job fair in Livonia, Mich., Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in 10 months, evidence that job cuts are easing as the economy slowly heals.(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Job recruiters wait at a booth at a holiday job fair at Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif. , Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009. Full Article at The Washington Post

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