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467,000 Jobs Lost in June, Far More Than Expected

Jul. 2, 2009
The pace of job losses quickened in June after falling sharply a month earlier, as unemployment rate rose to 9.5 percent, its highest level in 26 years.
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Vietnam Veterans Memorial Commemorated in Washington
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A U.S. Air Force B-52 flies over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial during commemoration of 50th anniversary of the war on May 28, 2012 in Washington, DC. President Barack Obama is at the base of the wall left center. More than 58,000 names of the servicemen who were killed or missing in the war are engraved on The Wall. The B-52 bomber was used extensively during the Vietnam War. UPI/Pat Benic