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In 2008, Marcey Carver lost her job in the finance department of a Vermont car parts maker that closed its doors after the auto industry went into freefall. With a degree in molecular biology, an MBA and a master's in accounting, Carver, 58, spent the next year and a half working temporary jobs, landing full-time work in October 2009 as finance director for a small non-profit. After 11 months, she was laid off again. Since then she’s had temporary jobs, but her search for full-time work has run into a major roadblock. “You can’t get the job you’re qualified for,"...

...The labor participation rate continues to decline. This measure of people who are either employed or actively looking for work declined last month from 64.1% to 63.9%. Why? People are so discouraged that they have given up looking for work. Please scroll to the bottom of the report to which I linked. We witness that the number of discouraged workers rose from 982,000 in June (822,ooo in May) to a whopping 1,119,000 last month. We had an increase of 137,000 discouraged workers last month and 297,000 discouraged workers over the last two months. Juxtapose those figures next to the increase...

TALLMANSVILLE, W.Va. - An underground explosion at an Upshur County coal mine trapped 13 miners, a county emergency official said Monday.

E-mail to Candidate Kerry #15 From: James (Cooter) Thompson re: Picnic, Polls, and Discouraged People Dear Senator kerry: Cooter reporting: The Lagniappe Volunteer Fire Company held its Annual Picnic Sunday afternoon of Labor Day weekend over to Ellesmere Park. Tom Milo's Big Band was on hand making merry music. We encouraged our Fire Chief, Smilin' Jack Boudreau, to climb into his accordion and play and sing some rousing tunes. There was plenty of covered dishes filled with good food, chili with and without beans, pots of gumbo, plenty of cold Dr Pepper, games for the youngsters. A good time was...