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Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor on Thursday in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate climbed to 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.
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Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor on Thursday in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate climbed to 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.

As economy drops jobs, paychecks drop some weight
WASHINGTON -- Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They're making less money.






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