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Spelman College student Alicia Scott, 23, of Riverdale, Ga., fills out a job application at an Atlanta McDonald's restaurant Tuesday, April 19, 2011. McDonald's hopes to hire 50,000 new workers nationwide on its National Hiring Day. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
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Protesters walk away from the Herndon office of Rep. Frank R. Wolf on Monday after a press conference about the Dulles Metrorail project. The protesters, many union members, are upset that Mr. Wolf wants the Phase II contracts to be reopened to more bids rather than using a project labor agreement (PLA). (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Sen. Tom Harkin, Iowa Democrat, is chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. (AP Photo)
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An ill evacuee is treated by aid workers while being moved to a waiting ambulance, as nearly 1,200 migrant workers who were evacuated from Misrata by boat, many suffering from dehydration and needing medical attention, arrived at the port in Benghazi, Libya, Friday, April 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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Job seekers wait in line to enter the 23rd annual City University of New York Big Apple Job Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York on Friday, April 8, 2011. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits during the week ending Saturday, April 9, 2011, rose for the first time in three weeks, although the broader trend still points to a slowly healing jobs market. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
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Brandon Webb's hiring by the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services only added fuel to the fire in his mother's scandal, Ms. Webb says.
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PHOTOGRAPHS BY BARBARA L. SALISBURY/THE WASHINGTON TIMES Rochelle Webb, former director of the Department of Employment Services, says her early dismissal was based partially on fear of what she would say in testimony.
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"It feels like he stole $1,000 from each one of us," said Town Clerk Candy Slack of Donald Hewitt, who admitted stealing town funds for his personal use while serving as the town's part-time treasurer from 1977 to 2009. He pleaded guilty to wire fraud and could face 20 years in prison. (Associated Press)
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In this April 1, 2011, photo, an unemployed man looks at job listings at JobTrain in Menlo Park, Calif. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and employers may be hiring more workers. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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Mayor Vincent C. Gray says a council member's accusation about his hiring of a member of the D.C. Office of Motion Picture and Television Development is "very objectionable." (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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Demonstrator Martha Vasquez sits with other demonstrators at the San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco, Tuesday, April 5, 2011. City lawmakers have approved a tax break to keep Twitter from fleeing San Francisco. The measure passed by the Board of Supervisors 8-3 on Tuesday exempts the microblogging service Twitter from paying payroll tax on new hires if it moves to the city's neglected Mid-Market area. The demonstrators were against the tax exemptions. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A demonstrator gets emotional during a recent protest in downtown Tunis. Tunisians in this tiny country of 10.5 million people cherish their new freedom. But the country's high unemployment and deeply entrenched corruption could take years to remedy. (Associated Press)
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Prefectural government's employees monitor amount of radiation on the ground of an elementary school in Fukushima, northern Japan, on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News)
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Rep. John Kline, Minnesota Republican, is chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. (Associated Press)
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In this March 4, 2011, photo, Heba Mostafa hands her resume to Sean Martin, a representative of Buckeye International, at the 32nd Annual Spring Career Fair at Cleveland State University. The unemployment rate fell to a two-year low of 8.8 percent in March, and companies added workers at the fastest two-month pace since before the recession began. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
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FILE - This April 12, 2010, file photo shows baseball Commissioner Bud Selig during a news conference prior to the Minnesota Twins' home opener baseball game against the Boston Red Sox at their new stadium, Target Field, in Minneapolis. Selig delivered the keynote address at the World Congress of Sports on Wednesday, telling attendees from the sports business world that he is "very hopeful" baseball's progress toward a labor agreement goes as smoothly as the last one came together in 2006. Baseball's current labor deal will expire in December. (AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt, File)
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A Wisconsin State Patrol officer monitors protesters during Gov. Scott Walker's appearance in Menasha, Wis. Protests continue against the governor's budget plan. He wants to implement a law that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights and cut their pay. (Associated Press)
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Job seekers wait in a long line at a job fair in San Jose, Calif., on Tuesday, March 22, 2011. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and companies may be stepping up hiring. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)
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A group of University of Maryland students gather Tuesday to discuss supporting a bill that would allow many illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition in Maryland. The university's student government and president already endorse the bill, which supporters say would help the state economy by creating a better-prepared work force. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)
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RETAIL POLITICS: Eva Yung, of Alexandria, joins other protesters at the Supreme Court on Tuesday as justices heard arguments as to whether a group of female plaintiffs can bring a class-action discrimination suit against Wal-Mart, the nation's largest private employer. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
