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Janet Francis looks at job postings at the New York State Department of Labor, Thursday, July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn section of New York. Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June and the unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent. Francis, 36, of Brooklyn, has been unemployed for two years and has used the time to work towards her college degree in social work. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)