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29 Jul 2009 15:50

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Biz, U.S.: A damn shame: Nearly one-fifth of Detroit is out of work

  • 17% percent of Detroiters are sitting at home doing nothing source
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30 Jun 2009 23:04

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Tech: A lot of people have downloaded Firefox 3.5 already

  • 2+ million people downloaded Firefox 3.5 already today
  • 8.5 million people downloaded Firefox 3.0 on its first day source
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05 Jun 2009 09:32

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Biz, U.S.: New jobless claims may be dipping, but there’s a lot of old ones

  • 9.4% The current unemployment level, a 25-year high source
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03 Apr 2009 15:29

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Biz, U.S.: Good God, these unemployment numbers suck

  • 8.5% of people The unemployment rate in March – the highest level in 25 freakin’ years. Sigh.
  • 5.1 million jobs have been lost since this stupid recession began in December of 2007 source
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10 Mar 2009 10:14

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U.S.: The rate of youth homelessness is way higher than you’d guess

  • 1 in 50 kids experienced some homelessness in 2005- 2006
  • 42% of homeless kids are younger than six. Yikes. That sucks. :( source
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