Saturday, Jul. 4, 2009
FROM THE JOURNAL GAZETTE

Americans lucky enough to still have a job are noticing something unpleasant in their paychecks: They're making less money.

Employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, and the jobless rate hit a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Just as worrisome, wages shrank to their lowest in nearly a year.

FROM THE NEWS-SENTINEL

It’s 3:15 a.m. Independence Day. Your dog has been howling in baleful harmony with bottle rockets for hours. You can’t sleep through the concussions of celebration.






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