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Labor Day pains for the unemployed

Posted: Sep 5, 2011 5:41 AM by Trovette Tottress

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Friday's dismal jobs report may be even worse than the numbers suggest. The 9.1 percent jobless rate doesn't count part-timers looking for full-time work and the unemployed who've given up looking. The Labor Department says those people make up more than 16 percent of working-age Americans.

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