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Floridian Betty Dizik, 83, is upset that she won't receive a Social Security cost-of-living increase again this year. She gets by on a monthly Social Security check of $1,200, her only source of income. (Associated Press)
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A boy hired to wash blood from an ambulance in Mogadishu, Somalia, won't be able to finish the job before its driver races off again to answer a call for help. (Associated Press)
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Workers take to the streets during a protest in Marseille, France, on Tuesday Oct.12, 2010. Teachers, mail carriers, bus drivers and other French workers tried to shut down France in a showdown with President Nicolas Sarkozy over his government's attempt to raise the retirement age by two years to save money. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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Job seekers browse through information during an Oct. 5 jobs fair sponsored by Scott Lee Cohen, Independent Illinois gubernatorial candidate, in Rockford, Ill. (Associated Press)
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Christopher Pissarides (shown), along with Dale Mortensen and Peter Diamond, developed a tool that is used as to estimate how unemployment benefits, interest rates and other factors can affect the labor market. (Bloomberg)
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Dale Mortensen (shown), along with Peter Diamond and Christopher Pissarides, developed a tool that is used as to estimate how unemployment benefits, interest rates and other factors can affect the labor market. (Associated Press)
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Peter Diamond (shown), along with Dale Mortensen and Christopher Pissarides, developed a tool that is used as to estimate how unemployment benefits, interest rates and other factors can affect the labor market. (Associated Press)
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** FILE ** In this March 14, 2006, file photo, the Wal-Mart store in Princeton, N.J., is seen. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the nation's largest private employer, plans to end automatic profit-sharing contributions for its employees in a revamp of its benefits package that it says will give workers more chance to share in its financial success. (AP Photo/Jose F. Moreno, File)
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FILE - In this Aug. 30, 2010 file photo, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., talks during a discussion on workforce development held at Local 51 facility in East Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Stew Milne, file)
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In this Oct. 5, 2010, photo, Timothy King of Rockton, Ill., fills out some paperwork as Kevin Numbers, left, talks with Scott Lee Cohen, Independent Candidate for Governor of Illinois during a job fair in Rockford, Ill. Applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the fourth time in five weeks, a sign that layoffs are declining. (AP Photo/Jim Prisching)
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The American Civil Liberties Union filed a request for an injunction in federal court in Raleigh, N.C., on Wednesday on behalf of Ariana Iacono, 14, who was suspended from high school over her nose piercing. (Associated Press)
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President Obama is accompanied by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., at a White House summit where he announced a plan to link community colleges with potential employers. (Associated Press)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS President Obama is accompanied by Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., at a White House summit where he announced a plan to link community colleges with potential employers.
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A Spirit store advertises for employees in Hayward, Calif., on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2010. Retailers including Toys "R" Us, Pier 1 and Borders plan to hire more temporary holiday workers this season than last year, emboldened by several months of sales gains and a slowly improving economy. While such jobs will be an early Christmas present for some of America's unemployed, they're unlikely to make a dent in the stubbornly high unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Commuters line up for buses at Victoria Station in central London, Monday, Oct. 4, 2010. London commuters scrambled to get to work amid a one-day strike by the city's subway workers. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)
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Bed Bath & Beyond is among the retailers advertising for workers during the holiday shopping season. The additional jobs are not expected to lower the nearly 10 percent unemployment rate. (Associated Press)
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In this Sept. 8, 2010, photo, a shopper buys paper towels at Costco in Mountain View, Calif. Consumer spending rose by a moderate amount in August while incomes increased by the largest amount in eight months, a gain that was propelled by the resumption of extended unemployment benefits. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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On this Sept. 29, 2010, photo, a Target store advertises for employment, in Daly City, Calif. Retailers including Toys R Us, Pier 1 and Borders plan to hire more temporary holiday workers this season than last year, emboldened by several months of sales gains and a slowly improving economy. While such jobs will be an early Christmas present for some of America's unemployed, they're unlikely to make a dent in the stubbornly high unemployment rate. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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** FILE ** President Obama and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meet at the United Nations on Sept. 23. Mr. Wen promised to allow a stronger yuan but said before the meeting that any rise would not be rapid for fear of causing job losses and business failures. (Associated Press)
