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							<title><![CDATA[Economy Gets Lift: Layoffs Ease, Home Building Up]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Derek Kravitz and Christopher Rugaber</author>
							<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON - Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week and builders broke ground on more homes in May. The latest data offered some hope that the economy may be improving after hitting a slump in late spring.
Unemployment benefit applications fell to a seasonally...]]></description>
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