467K jobs cut in June; jobless rate at 9.5 percent Employers cut a larger-than-expected 467,000 jobs in June, driving the unemployment rate up to a 26-year high of 9.5 percent, suggesting that the economy's road to recovery will be bumpy.
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ICE launches workplace immigration crackdownThe Obama administration launched investigations of hundreds of businesses around the country Wednesday as part of its strategy to focus immigration enforcement on the employers who hire illegal workers.
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U.S. soldier captured in AfghanistanA U.S. military spokeswoman says insurgents have captured an American soldier in eastern Afghanistan.
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