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**FILE** Job seekers stand in line March 7, 2012, during the Career Expo job fair in Portland, Ore. (Associated Press)
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**FILE** Former General Services Administration chief Martha Johnson resigned after her agency spent lavishly at a training conference for federal workers in Henderson, Nev., near Las Vegas. (Associated Press)
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Office workers wearing hard hats stand outside a building that was evacuated after an aftershock shook Mexico City on Monday, April 2, 2012. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)
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Nuno Pinto is out of work and out of money. He fears losing the family home near Lisbon and going into personal bankruptcy. Portuguese lenders demanding debt-reducing austerity measures have helped put the country into a steep decline, with a second straight year of worsening recession and record unemployment. (Associated Press)
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"We keep passing the buck, and ultimately somebody's got to pay the bill. And I don't think it's fair to expect state employees, local employees and local governments to pay it," said Delegate Jennifer L. McClellan, Richmond Democrat, of the pension overhaul. (Associated Press)
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A riot police officer clashes with a demonstrator during a general strike in Barcelona on Thursday. Spanish unions angry over economic reforms are waging a general strike, challenging a conservative government not yet 100 days old and joining other troubled European workers in venting their frustration on the street. (Associated Press)
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Protesters shout slogans against the Pakistani government to condemn killings in Quetta, Pakistan, on Thursday, March 29, 2012, after an attack by a gunman who appeared to target local employees of the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization, officials said. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt)
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Thousands of unemployed workers marched in January 1932 from Pennsylvania to Washington to ask Congress and President Hoover for help.
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Supporters of health care reform rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, the final day of arguments over the health care law signed by President Obama. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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This early March citizen journalism image provided to AP by the Homs City Union of the Syrian Revolution shows a building in the city reportedly shelled by the Syrian army.
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Sen. Jim DeMint was a speaker at the "Hands Off My Health Care Rally," which was organized by Americans for Prosperity and 21 interest groups. (Associated Press)
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John Spears (standing), a supervisor for courier company Quality Messenger Service, makes a list March 26, 2012, of the employees he has hired to hold a place in line outside the U.S. Supreme Court building in D.C., for a chance to watch as the court hears oral arguments on the challenges to the Affordable Care Act. Brook Silva-Braga (right), of New York City, had been waiting in line for the previous two days. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)
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Democratic Sens. Charles E. Schumer of New York (left) and Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut are calling for investigations into whether employers asking for Facebook passwords during job interviews are violating federal law. (Associated Press)
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A job seeker checks the bulletin board at a Job Train employment center in Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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The Falkland Islands Co., with headquarters in Stanley, is the largest private employer of the Independent Overseas Territory. Residents have one of the highest per capita incomes in the Western Hemisphere. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a union hall in Toledo, Ohio, Thursday March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
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Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. campaigns at a union hall in Toledo, Ohio, on Thursday, March 15, 2012. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)
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Job seekers stand in line during the Career Expo job fair on Wednesday, March 7, 2012, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Transportation and Security Administration workers screen passengers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport last month. Some air travelers over the age of 75 will soon get a break at airport security checkpoints under a test program. (Associated Press)
