NPR 2010-01-15

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CNN 2009-12-24

Obama: The jobs picture is not going to improve considerably, and it could even get a little bit worse over the next couple of months. We've had, you know, down time and good times with the economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average: up! Gold: up! The

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