U.S. Unemployment Rate Rises To 26-Year High(Kaylie Francis)

Unemployed mother Janet Francis (in blue) looks for a job while her daughter Kayli, 2, sleeps on her shoulder at the New York State Labor Department's Division of Employment Services resource room July 2, 2009 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City. Francis is currently attending community college in New York, and is hoping to qualify for a job with the City of New York. She normally does not take her daughter on her trips to the job bank but Kayli's pre-school let out early today for the upcoming holiday. According to a Department of Labor report, U.S. employers cut more jobs in June, causing unemployment to rise to 9.5 percent, the highest since August 1983.

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