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Not a Newsday or Optimum Online® subscriber? Click herePresident approves another jobless-benefits extension
The deteriorating job market has prompted the fourth unemployment-benefits extension in 18 months.
President Barack Obama signed legislation on Friday to extend the benefits after the unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent, the highest in 26 years.
Now people who have exhausted their unemployment benefits and have no prospect for work can qualify for yet another extension. To...
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