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  1. People shop for food at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Around Vermont, demand is up at food shelves as Vermonters lose jobs, try to make ends meet on unemployment and struggle with heating, food and fuel costs. Many charities say they have been able to meet the demand with donations from food drives at businesses, church groups and schools, but wonder if they'll raise enough during the upcoming holiday season.
  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. The unemployment rate is now 14.6 percent for veterans aged 18 to 29.
  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. As the U.S. continues to struggle through the recession and unemployment is at record highs, food banks are seeing an increased demand as the holiday season approaches.
  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. Michigan was the highest at 15.1 percent and in fourth place, California had 12.5 percent.
  5. GLENDALE, CA - NOVEMBER 16: Both new and used cars are displayed at Star Ford car dealership on November 16, 2009 in Glendale California. US retail auto sales were up 1.4 percent, higher than analysts expected in October, suggesting that the economy continues to recover even as unemployment climbs.
  6. US President Barack Obama walks out from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on November 12, 2009. Prior to his departure, Obama on Thursday announced a jobs forum to be held at the White House in December, as the United States struggles with a 10.2 percent unemployment rate.'In December, we'll be holding a forum at the White House on jobs and economic growth,' Obama said before departing on a trip to Asia.
  7. LOS ANGELES, CA - NOVEMBER 10: Douglas Beaver,(C) a US Army veteran, and Kenneth Breitweg, (R) a US Air Force veteran, look at jobs advertised at the Northrop Grumman booth during a job fair titled 'Honor a Hero, Hire a Vet' that attracted hundreds of veterans on November 10, 2009 in Los Angeles, California. The nation's unemployment rate surged to 10.2 percent in October, hitting double digits for the first time in 26 years while in California the unemployment rate is 12.2 percent.
  8. NEW YORK - NOVEMBER 06: People wait in line at a job fair sponsored by Monster.com that attracted hundreds of people on November 6, 2009 in New York City. In a government report released today it was revealed that the nations unemployment rate has now reached 10.2%, its highest level since 1983.

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