1.0 link 147948 <![CDATA[Dismal Metro Unemployment Numbers]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-tepper-marlin/dismal-metro-unemployment_b_147948.html When the Governors appealed to President-elect Obama for help today, they had support from today's Bureau of Labor Statistics release of dismal October unemployment data for metro areas.

Metro area unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) in October were above the October year-earlier rates in 361 metro areas and below in only eight. Unemployment rates exceeded 10 percent in 13 metro areas and were below 3 percent in 11. (The national unemployment rate in October rose to 6.1 percent from 4.4...

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