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Unemployment in California rose to 8.7 percent in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as growth slowed in the stateâs tech sector. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Unemployment up, revenues miss expectations, as tech stalls out in California

Conn Carroll -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Of the 12.2 million Americans who were unemployed as of December 2012, 39 percent (4.7 million) had been out of work for 27 weeks or more, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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39 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work longer than 27 weeks

Ashe Schow -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

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I’m closest to an economist I’ve never heard of

Michael Barone -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Now that Sen. Ted Cruz is again showing leadership by helping lead the conservative fight to defund Obamacare, the leftists hit pieces are back. (AP/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman)

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Morning Examiner: Another failed Ted Cruz hit piece

Conn Carroll -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito wrote that compulsory union fees

Right-to-work gets its day in court

Sean Higgins -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is known as one of the greatest orators of all time. (AP File)

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The speech, the dream and me

Cal Thomas -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks during a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Strongly conservative candidates have captured primaries in the past two election cycles, only to lose winnable races in the fall. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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Ted Cruz ally: Team Rand raising questions in Iowa about Cruz’s eligibility (Updated)

Joel Gehrke -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

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Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship: ‘Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth’

Charlie Spiering -

August 20, 2013 4:00 am

Benjamin Wittes of the Brookings Institution, writing in the New Republic, strongly defends the NSA surveillance program. (AP File)

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Brookings scholar defends NSA surveillance, contra Washington Post

Michael Barone -

August 19, 2013 4:00 am

Federal welfare benefits pay more than minimum wage jobs in 35 states, according to a new report from the Cato Institute. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Who needs work when there’s welfare?

Ashe Schow -

August 19, 2013 4:00 am

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Unemployment up, revenues miss expectations, as tech stalls out in California

39 percent of unemployed workers have been out of work longer than 27 weeks

I’m closest to an economist I’ve never heard of

Morning Examiner: Another failed Ted Cruz hit piece

Right-to-work gets its day in court

The speech, the dream and me

Ted Cruz ally: Team Rand raising questions in Iowa about Cruz’s eligibility (Updated)

Ted Cruz renounces Canadian citizenship: ‘Nothing against Canada, but I’m an American by birth’

Brookings scholar defends NSA surveillance, contra Washington Post

Who needs work when there’s welfare?

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