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November 20th, 2008 at 8:23 pm

Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink (AP)

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General view of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Ministerial Meeting plenary session at the National Museum in Lima. Twenty-one Asia-Pacific economies making up half of world commerce made a plea Thursday against protectionism and urged a breakthrough in global trade talks to beat the financial crisis.(AFP/Rodrigo Arangua)AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.


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