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Strange News
4:47 am
Fri September 14, 2012

On Your Cellphone At The Movies? Watch For Ninjas

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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

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Economy
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Discouraged In Hunt For A Job, Many Stop Looking

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A job fair was held at the The Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., last month. The U.S. unemployment rate declined in August in part because the number of "discouraged workers" climbed.
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Geoff Dutton, an unemployed software developer, has given up on finding a job. He says the market has shifted, and he could not keep up. "I wasn't up on the new version of everything anymore," he says.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

The U.S. population is growing. In normal times, the labor force — working or not — would be growing too. But these are not normal times, and the labor force is actually smaller than it was four years ago, meaning millions of people who should be there aren't.

The reasons people drop out of the workforce are myriad. People go back to school. Others have health issues or family priorities that keep them from looking for work. But some stop looking because they are discouraged.

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Middle East
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

Inciting Outrage, Film Spurs Delicate U.S. Response

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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the State Department in Washington Wednesday, Sept. 12 on the recent deaths of Americans in Libya.
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As U.S. embassies and consulates face protests in the Muslim world over an anti-Islamic film, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is walking a fine line. She is distancing herself and the State Department from the video that has sparked anger among Muslims, but stressed the US commitment to free speech.

"To us, to me personally, this video is disgusting and reprehensible," she said Thursday in Washington, D.C. "It appears to have a deeply cynical purpose: to denigrate a great religion and to provoke rage."

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U.S.
3:24 am
Fri September 14, 2012

California Online Sales Tax Faces Enforcement Hurdle

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An Amazon worker sorts packages at a fulfillment center in Goodyear, Ariz.
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Originally published on Fri September 14, 2012 10:43 am

It's not hard to find online shoppers these days. Take the hipster cafe in San Francisco's Mission District where Shirin Oskooi opens her laptop and ticks off her latest Amazon purchases.

Next to her is Craig Sumner. He opens an Amazon invoice to see how much sales tax he was charged on his latest pair of Levis: none.

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StoryCorps
9:03 pm
Thu September 13, 2012

From Strip Club To Biology: A Love Story

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Biologists Philip and Susan McClinton started their life together, in 1972, in a very different place.
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Philip McClinton in 1972, the year he met Susan.
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Susan McClinton in 1972, the year she met Philip.
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Originally published on Thu November 15, 2012 10:56 am

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