Federal commission meets experts, public in Las Vegas to examine causes of Great Recession

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

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Economy 101: Rising unemployment hits some workers harder as job seekers flood into the market

Economy 101: Jobless rate widens for black workers

$59 million in stimulus money to keep Nebraska teachers working will go to schools next year

Senate OKs $26B bill to stop teacher, police layoffs; House called back from break for vote

Service sector grows for 7th month in a row, brightening job outlook just a bit

Job market brightens a bit as service sector grows

Back-to-school basics: Shopping forecasts and what’s at stake

Back-to-school season at a glance

The back-to-school season is retailers’ second-biggest after Christmas. And with confidence in the economic recovery stalling, they’re in a tough fight for shoppers’ dollars.

Teen stores wrestle with recession hangover, stiff competition in tough back-to-school fight

Teen stores in tight spot for back-to-school

Moderate Republicans help Senate jobs bill over key hurdle

U.S. President Barack Obama joins Martha Coakley

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Editorial Roundup: Excerpts From Recent Editorials in Newspapers in the US and Abroad

Senate GOP again kills jobless aid extension, but July passage likely

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After jobless aid bill hits election-year deficit wall in Senate, Democrats eye a few changes

Despite earlier support, aid to states, jobless and doctors’ Medicare pay faces Senate hurdles

Aid to states, the jobless faces Senate hurdles

From unemployed to underemployed, Great Recession is a lingering reality

For many, recovery means lower expectations

Private employers hold back hiring in May; gov’t fuels 413,000 gain with temp census hires

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1 speller for all of Canada: Recession takes toll on this year’s National Spelling Bee

Recession hits Canada at National Spelling Bee

Michigan public schools expected to escape cuts in 2010-11 as tax revenue increases

Mich. schools not expected to see cuts in 2010-11

Census: Share of Americans who move edges up, but they don’t go far amid a fragile economy

Census: Share of Americans on the move edging up

Simple diversions, faith help SC residents of stressed counties deal with Great Recession

In SC, simple diversions blunt downturn’s impact

Man-cession? Gains in education help women avert worst of job losses in downturn, for now

Census says women equal to men in advanced degrees

Man-cession? Education gains help women avert worst of job losses in downturn _ for now

Census: Women equal to men in advanced degrees

Calif. climate law, Schwarzenegger legacy under assault as groups claim it threatens economy

Calif. climate law under assault in poor economy

Struggling families increasingly seek help paying for school meals amid blistering recession

Struggling families depend more on school lunches

Reading scores hold steady on nationwide test; report offers snapshot of changing US classroom

As EU seeks to appease bond market, painful cutbacks make some fear renewed recession

European Union pushes cuts for indebted countries

Tough math: Public schools face severe cash crunch as federal stimulus money runs out

Schools face big budget holes as stimulus runs out

Gibbons prepares for State of State as Nevada faces worst economy in decades

Gibbons to deliver emergency State of State

Obama sends multi-trillion-dollar spending plan to Congress with record $1.56T deficit in 2010

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An agency-by-agency look at Obama’s budget request for fiscal 2011

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Government cash for the media business? It’s already there but shrinking fast, report finds

Study finds gov. support for media is shrinking

Text of President Obama’s first State of the Union address

Protesters rally outside the White House

Avoiding parents’ pitfalls: Recession sparks push for students to learn about personal finance

Interest up in students learning personal finance

More men are getting economic boost from marriage compared with 40 years ago, analysis shows

Report: More men get economic boost from marriage

Recession, greater scrutiny takes toll on public university presidents’ pay packages

Recession takes toll on university president pay

Consumers squeezed as even modest inflation exceeds stagnant pay, raising concern for rebound

Consumers are squeezed as inflation outpaces wages

Colorado lawmakers convene to tackle education reform, close $1.5 billion state budget gap

Colo. lawmakers to tackle education, budget gap

Iowa Gov. Culver seeks more school spending during condition of state speech, defends 1st term

Iowa gov seeks more school spending during speech

More of today’s youth have serious mental health issues than previous generations, study finds

Study: Youth now have more mental health issues

Economy 101: Work force dropouts keep a lid on the unemployment rate, for now

Economy 101: Dropouts hold down unemployment rate

Across the nation, state budget picture looks bleaker than ever as lawmakers return to work

Cities, counties take back tax breaks they gave companies that broke promises to create jobs

Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks

The year on campus: lofty rhetoric and change from Washington, financial struggle at colleges

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