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December 2012’s unemployment rate is 7.8 percent -December’s 2008 rate was 7.2 percent   The number of unemployed persons, at 12.2 million, was little changed in December. The unemployment rate held at 7.8 percent and has been at or near that level since September.   Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult women (7.3 percent) and […]

U.S. Census rethinks Hispanic on questionnaire Haya El Nasser USA TODAY Hispanics may become a race of their own in the U.S. Census — a major change that some Latino advocacy groups are opposing. Currently, the Census considers Hispanic not a race but an ethnic background. Hispanics can be of any race, and Hispanic origin […]

February 1: Crucial day Minnesota Vikings new NFL stadium Star Tribune MINNEAPOLIS- Feb. 1 will be a crucial day in the development of the new $975 million Vikings Stadium. On that day, the Minnesota Sports Facility Authority, which will own and operate the stadium, will choose a construction manager — the folks to actually build […]