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Economy forces grads to return to parents’ home

Kimberly Alexander, 21, is one of many recent

Photo credit: Jori Klein | Kimberly Alexander, 21, is one of many recent college grads on LI who moved back to their parents' house. (Sept. 1, 2009)

They’re home again. 

Many recent college graduates have returned to their families as they struggle to find jobs, taking up residence in their teenage bedrooms after four years away from home.

With almost 2 million college grads unemployed and businesses estimating they are hiring 22 percent fewer recent grads, the recession has taken a cruel toll on the class of 2009.

And as the...

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