Monday, July 6, 2009 - Page updated at 08:40 a.m.
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Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor in Brooklyn on Thursday. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate hit a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Francis, 36, has been unemployed for two years and has used the time to work toward her college degree in social work. Read story
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Service sector shrinks less than expected in June
A trade group's measure of the health of the U.S. services sector contracted less than expected in June, reaching its highest level in nine months.
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Sunday, July 5
Obama warns of 'difficult' days in Iraq, pledges support for troops
Top Iran clerics decry election, defy supreme leader
Sailor recounts girl's rescue after plane crash
Obituary | Beijing opera singer inspired 'Madame Butterfly'
Bill fails to focus on cutting oil use
Churches look for flock on social-networking Web sites
Michael Jackson's doctors scrutinized; drugs prescribed by at least five
Minority GOP gets creative to flex muscle
Park service reopens Statue of Liberty's crown to public
Remains merely deepen the mystery of lost wanderer
Odds and Ends | 68 hot dogs in 10 minutes: American Joey Chestnut wins hot-dog eating contest
Saturday, July 4
Palin links resignation to 'higher calling' and blasts media in Facebook posting
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