Labor

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Job seekers stand in line to learn more information about working at Goodwill Industries at a Career Fair event in San Francisco, Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012. The number of people seeking unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level since April 2008, an optimistic sign that the recovery in the job market is picking up. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)

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"Obstructionists" and "compromise"? Enjoy a game of bingo based on cliches likely to surface in President Obama's State of the Union address, courtesy of Americans for Tax Reform. (Image from Americans for Tax Reform)

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Angry youths protest Jan. 12, 2012, in Lagos, Nigeria, on the fourth day of a nationwide strike following the removal of a fuel subsidy by the government. A union representing 20,000 oil and gas workers threatened to shut down all production. (Associated Press)

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"The interest of society in the enforcement of employment discrimination statutes is undoubtedly important. But so too is the interest of religious groups in choosing who will preach their beliefs, teach their faith, and carry out their mission." - Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. (AP photo)

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A 2013 Ford Fusion is showcased at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. The annual exposition opens to the public Saturday after charity and press previews. Last year, the Detroit auto show brought in about $350 million in business. The show creates temporary but nonetheless welcome jobs in a city with a high rate of unemployment. (Associated Press)

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Dr. Laura Gerald, chairwoman of the North Carolina Governor's Eugenics Compensation Task Force, speaks during a task force meeting on Tuesday in Raleigh. (Associated Press)

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Job-seekers wait to talk with potential employers at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum poses for a photo with Tilt 'n Diner employees Bobby Welch (left) Ann Malvey (second from right) and Charielle McLaughlin (right) as he pays a visit to customers and employees at the Tilt 'n Diner in Tilton, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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Republican presidential candidate and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum chats with customer Mike Ahern, of Plymouth, NH, as he pays a visit to customers and employees at the Tilt 'n Diner in Tilton, NH, Thursday, January 5, 2012. Mr. Ahen was asking Mr. Santorum about the lack of jobs which are not related to stores which pay minimum wage and make it difficult for many people to succeed financially. (Rod Lamkey Jr/ The Washington Times)

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'TRUST': "I've never been for government-run health care," Rick Santorum told the Queen City Rotary Club on Thursday. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Mike Ahern (left) of Plymouth, N.H., asks GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum about the lack of jobs not related to stores that pay minimum wage that make it hard for people to succeed financially during a lunchtime visit to the Tilt'n Diner. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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Employees at the Boeing assembly plant in Renton, Wash., work on a 737. U.S. manufacturers' and builders' December satististics showed hopeful gains. (Associated Press)

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Amer Saleh, of Westbrook, Maine, places shoelaces on pairs of boots in the facility where L.L. Bean boots are assembled in Brunswick, Maine. L.L. Bean's famed hunting boots are seeing a surge in popularity, necessitating the hiring of more than 100 additional employees to make them. (Associated Press)

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Residents walk outside of the compound of aid group Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors without Borders) in Mogadishu, Somalia, on Dec. 29, 2011. A disgruntled former employee shot at least two international workers from the group at the group's office earlier that day, a security guard said. (Associated Press)