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New claims for unemployment benefits surged this past week, growing by over 30,000 from the previous week. The numbers were a lot larger than predictions, but some are saying not to look into it too much as longterm trends and other indicators seem ok. source...

The largest coalition offensive in Afghanistan since 2001 began today as American and Afghani troops raided a town occupied by the Taliban, kicking off a major part of the Obama strategy. The strategy also includes finding and defusing the hundreds of explosives left in the taken areas and...