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Prince George's County State's Attorney Angela Alsobrooks speaks to members of the media about the arrest warrant issued for Neil Prescott on one count of telephone misuse, a misdemeanor, after Prescott allegedly made threatening remarks to a former employer over the phone, Prince George's County Courthouse, Upper Marlboro, Md., Wednesday, August 1, 2012. (Ryan M.L. Young/The Washington Times)
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Illustration Empowering Workers by Alexander Hunter for The Washington Times
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**FILE** Business employment specialist Linda Reynolds (right) helps job searcher D'Andre Preston at WorkSource Oregon in Tualatin, Ore., on July 17, 2012. (Associated Press)
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A MARC train sits at Washington’s Union Station. (Raymond Thompson/The Washington Times) ** FILE **
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This screen capture is taken from video of a motivational drumming troupe hired by the government in the fall of 2010 to perform at an awards conference for workers in the GSA's Federal Acquisition Service.
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“As Americans, we don’t expect handouts,” President Obama tells supporters in Jacksonville, Fla. “You should be able to have a home that your call your own, health care you can count on if you get sick.” (Associated Press)
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Illustration Jobs Votes by John Camejo for The Washington Times
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A migrant worker carries his belongings while walking in Beijing, China Wednesday, July 18, 2012. Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday China's employment situation "will become more complex and severe" and promised to generate jobs, according to a Cabinet statement, adding to suggestions Beijing might launch new stimulus efforts. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
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Former Federal Reserve Board Chairman Paul A. Volcker (left) and former New York Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch’s State Budget Crisis Task Force’s report says states’ financial problems aren’t just a result of the recession and slow recovery, but have built up over years. As an example, state and local government pension plans are at least $1 trillion short of what they need to pay for their pension promises. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Marissa Mayer, one of the first executives hired at Google, is moving to lead Yahoo. She is the fifth top executive to lead the firm in the past five years. (Associated Press)
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An employee works on the Premier line of business jets at the Wichita, Kan., plant of Hawker Beechcraft, which announced last week that it had reached a $1.79 billion “exclusivity agreement” with a Chinese aerospace manufacturer for the sale of its business jet and general aviation operations that hopefully will save some of its thousands of jobs in Kansas. (Wichita (Kan.) Eagle via Associated Press)
