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Jobless: 10 percent is tougher than it used to be - 11/07/2009

It hurts more to be unemployed now than the last time the jobless rate hit 10 percent. Americans have more than triple the debt they had in 1982, and less than half the savings. They spend 10 weeks longer off the job. And a bigger share of them have no health insurance, leaving them one medical emergency away from financial ruin.

Obama prods House to pass health care bill - 11/07/2009

President Barack Obama urged lawmakers to pass a proposed health care overhaul during a rare visit to Capitol Hill on Saturday and later told them: "Now is the time to finish the job." Making pitches to lawmakers in person and then from the White House, Obama pushed the U.S. House to move ahead with his top domestic priority

Chinese premier: Africa trade push is 'selfless' - 11/07/2009

China's premier stressed Saturday that his country's push to boost already burgeoning trade ties with Africa was "sincere and selfless," as the Asian powerhouse battled criticism its quest for natural resources was at the expense of the poverty-ravaged continent. In a speech punctuated with terms like "equality" an

Obama appeals for health care votes - 11/07/2009

President Barack Obama made a last-minute personal appeal to Democrats to pass landmark health care legislation Saturday as the House voted to advance debate on a bill to expand coverage to millions of the uninsured. Emerging from a closed-door meeting with the president, Speaker Nancy Pelosi predicted approval of the bill later in th

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