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Maria Lauro was a 99-weeker -- the slang term for people who have exhausted the 99 weeks of regular and emergency unemployment compensation. Ms. Lauro, 46, of Point Breeze, had been the public relations officer for the Wilkinsburg schools. Her job there wasn't just a paycheck, it had also provided her family's health benefits since her husband is an independent contractor. (Today)
There are 3.5 million people missing in the U.S. Their families know them. Their neighbors see them come and go. But 3.5 million people who should be in the labor force are no longer there -- and the government doesn't know what has become of them. (Today)
When the Downtown-based Education Management Corp.'s financial aid processing department moved to Phoenix, Carrie Robertson of Lawrenceville stayed behind. (Today)
Lest the corporate powers-that-be fail to comprehend the depth of contempt the huddled masses hold them in, let's review some Facebook comments on a Sept. 1 Post-Gazette story about layoffs and CEO pay. (Today)
Just last Sunday, the publisher of the 126-year-old, 20-volume, 750-pound, $1,165 Oxford English Dictionary said he thought it was increasingly unlikely that another edition would appear on paper. It seems that the online version gets 2 million hits a month from subscribers who pay $295 a year, while the latest print edition, issued in 1989 has sold about 30,000 sets. (Today)
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