Unemployment rate unchanged as 36K jobs lost (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100305/capt.301921c5e7354909af75eaacacd5bf58.economy_unemployment_mips202.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=hJqwDcUSM9lAx_6HFZMuuQ--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this Feb. 10, 2010 photo, Sharon Phillips, left, William Wright, center, and Tim Paliwoda, right, all of Detroit, fill out applications while attending a job fair in Detroit. The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed fewer jobs than expected, evidence that the job market may be slowly healing. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /></a>AP - The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur.</p><br clear="all"/>

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