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...that's because there are no jobs to be found. With an estimated six people applying for every job available, there's plenty of merit to that argument. "Still, the unemployment rate rose from 8.6% in March 2009 to 10% now even as the job-vacancy rate held steady," says Steven Davis, a leading labor economist at the University of Chicago's School of Business...
...have magical powers, and Obama convinced many people that he had them, not least by managing to get himself elected in the first place. But his rhetorical gifts can now work against him, when he raises expectations only to see them crash into realities for which he's now held accountable. Make no mistake, indeed; lonely does not begin to describe where he lives...
...wake of a controversial court ruling, extremists in Muslim-majority Malaysia vandalized nine churches, using firebombs and paint. The Malaysian high court's decision held that a Catholic newspaper should be allowed to refer to God by the Arabic Allah. Previously, the government had banned the use of the word in non-Muslim publications. The uproar was a sign of the religious rifts challenging the multicultural nation, which has a 9% Christian minority. The court's ruling will not come into force while an appeal is pending...
...fell in their opening match to defending national champion and current No. 1 Penn State, 20-7. The foil squad was disappointing in its 9-0 blanking at the paws of the Nittany Lions, but the sabre squad, led by sophomore Valentin Staller, held the upper hand...
...Crimson will face its toughest competition of the season next weekend in the two-day Harvard-Yale-Princeton (HYP) meet, held in the Tigers’ home pool...