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People enter an unemployment registry office in Madrid, Spain, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The Labor Ministry says the number of people registered as unemployed in Spain fell by 107,570 in December, the best drop on record for the month and welcome news for an economy struggling to emerge from more than two years of recession. Quarterly unemployment surveys — seen as more accurate by economists — show that Spain's unemployment rate was 26 percent in the third quarter, with 6 million people jobless. The rate is the second highest in the 28-country European Union after Greece. Banner reads "Employment office". (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
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Sen. Charles Schumer, New York Democrat, said on Sunday that he isn't sure if Democrats have the votes yet to clear the 60-vote threshold in a vote to extend unemployment benefits. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
