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Economy added 157,000 jobs in January; unemployment rate up to 7.9%

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. economy added 157,000 new jobs in January and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9%, the Labor Department said Friday.  

By Jim Puzzanghera

February 1, 2013

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