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U.S. Unemployment Highest In 25 Years
Apr 3 2009, Marco Villa

New unemployment figures were released today recoding a 25-year record. 663,000 Americans lost their jobs last month, rising the unemployment rate from 8.1% last month.

Since the recession began in December 2007, 5.1 million Americans have lost their.

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