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Mike Ahern (left) of Plymouth, N.H., asks GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum about the lack of jobs not related to stores that pay minimum wage that make it hard for people to succeed financially during a lunchtime visit to the Tilt'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
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Employees at the Boeing assembly plant in Renton, Wash., work on a 737. U.S. manufacturers' and builders' December satististics showed hopeful gains. (Associated Press)
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Amer Saleh, of Westbrook, Maine, places shoelaces on pairs of boots in the facility where L.L. Bean boots are assembled in Brunswick, Maine. L.L. Bean's famed hunting boots are seeing a surge in popularity, necessitating the hiring of more than 100 additional employees to make them. (Associated Press)
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Residents walk outside of the compound of aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Dec. 29, 2011. A disgruntled former employee shot at least two international workers from the group at the group's office earlier that day, a security guard said. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul arrives at GuideOne Insurance to deliver a speech to employees at their offices, West Des Moines, IA, Wednesday, December 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul delivers a speech to employees of GuideOne Insurance at their offices, West Des Moines, IA, Wednesday, December 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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**FILE** People wait to talk with potential employers Dec. 12, 2011, at a job fair in New York sponsored by National Career Fairs. (Associated Press)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul delivers a speech to employees of GuideOne Insurance at their offices, West Des Moines, IA, Wednesday, December 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul arrives at GuideOne Insurance to deliver a speech to employees at their offices, West Des Moines, IA, Wednesday, December 28, 2011. (Andrew Harnik / The Washington Times)
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A proposal to add a nickel tax for shopping bags in Prince George's County was killed in a House committee. (Associated Press)
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Wild horses roam around the Bureau of Land Management National Wild Horse & Burro Adoption Center in Palomino Valley, Nev. The head of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in the state is appealing to all agency employees for reports any abuse of mustangs. "Regardless of title, whether you are a contractor or law enforcement or public affairs, that's everyone's responsibility," Amy Lueders said. (Associated Press)
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"I am gratified that the Legislature removed the definition of public employer from the bill, which included institutions of higher education, in favor of a definition of public employees that makes no specific reference to university employees," said Gov. Rick Snyder, Michigan Republican. (Associated Press)
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Job-seekers wait to talk with potential employers at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs in New York on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
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AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka praised the National Labor Relations Board's sweeping new rules approved Wednesday that make it easier for unions to gain members at companies that have long rebuffed them. (Associated Press)
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Kathleen Casey looks for a job in Cambridge, Mass. A case of mistaken identity landed Miss Casey on the streets without a job or a home. The company hired to run her background check for a potential employer mistakenly found the wrong Kathleen Casey, who lived nearby but was 18 years younger and had a criminal record. (Associated Press)
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Friday is the last day to see Hong Seon Jang's exhibit — Sugar High — at the University of Maryland's Stamp Student Union.
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President Obama speaks in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the campus in Washington on Dec. 15, 2011, where he announced action to provide minimum wage and overtime protections for in-home care workers. (Associated Press)
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Zenobia Bechtol, 18, and her 7-month-old daughter, Cassandra, play in the living room of her mother's apartment in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2011, after she and her boyfriend were evicted from their apartment after he lost his job. (AP Photo/Erich Schlegel)
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Speaker of the House John Boehner (left), Ohio Republican, and Rep. Jeb Hensarling, Texas Republican, talk to reporters Dec. 13, 2011, after passage of legislation to extend Social Security payroll tax cuts at the Capitol. (Associated Press)
