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                        US Unemployment Drops In January

   Unemployment in the United States dropped slightly in January, falling
   one-tenth of a percent to 6.6 percent.
   Friday`s report from the Labor Department also says there was a net
   gain of 113,000 jobs in the economy, which was less than some
   economists had predicted.
   Employment grew in construction, manufacturing, and other areas.
   The new data shows that 10.2 million Americans are still officially
   counted as unemployed.
   The number of people who have been out of work for more than 27 weeks
   declined by more than 200,000, but that still leaves 3.6 million people
   stuck in long-term unemployment.
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