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U.S. Economy Loses 533,000 Jobs
By LOUIS UCHITELLE
The job losses far exceeded expectations, as November saw the 11th consecutive monthly decline in nonfarm payrolls and the largest since 1974.
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Workers Give Up
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The jobs report doesn’t account for the 637,000 people who dropped out of the labor force.
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Young victims of Hurricane Katrina are behind in school and suffering from illness and mental health problems.
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By CLIFFORD J. LEVY
Aleksy II, 79, led a revival of the church after Communism and built ties to the Kremlin under Vladimir V. Putin.
Hospitals Now a Theater in Mexico’s Drug War
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Mexico’s violent drug war is finding its way into the seeming sanctuary of the nation’s hospitals.
Soaring in Art, Museum Trips Over Finances
By EDWARD WYATT and JORI FINKEL
By putting art ahead of the bottom line, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles has suffered financially.
H. M., an Unforgettable Amnesiac, Dies at 82
By BENEDICT CAREY
Henry Gustav Molaison, or H.M., was recognized as the most important patient in the history of brain science.
Obama Hauls in Record $750 Million for Campaign
By MICHAEL LUO
Barack Obama’s record fund-raising sets an imposing bar for any potential Republican challenger in 2012.
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