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i apologize for missing your testimony. if these questions have been asked previously, please let me know and we'll back my time. i wonder if you are aware of what the unemployment regime looks like during these three recessions set forth on this board, specifically 1981-82, 1973-'75. do you recall? >> i do not. what would it be fair to say it was somewhere between 36 and 39 weeks? >> that sounds reasonable. i really do not know. >> is it fair to say that unemployment in 1981-82 did not extend for 99 wee nor did they in 1973-'75. the nine in nine weeks we are coming to now is unprece...

victories. the victims pulled alive after hours in flattened build. today, we've had remarkable rescues after over 30 hours that they were hit by an aftershock. here's one case in point. an office worker named ann bodkin emerging from the ruins of a build near the epicenter of the 6.3 magnitude jolt. now, she had taken cover under her desk when firefighters brought her out alive. it was cause for celebration, if only briefly. another trapped worker used her cell phone to speak with an interviewer while she was trapped inside the rubble. listen very carefully to what she said. >> i th...

Police officers can buy an abandoned home. >> police officers living in their neighborhoods have the potential to deter crime, increase public safety and improve relations between the community and our sworn officers. >> reporter: not only is the mayor david bing offering low-cost housing. he's willing to put federal stimulus dollars, as much as $150,000, towards fixing up the homes. the incentive is being offered to fill some 200 abandoned houses currently owned by the city in detroit's boston-edison and east english village neighborhoods. as for detroit police who already live in the city, t...

will hello, everyone. welcome back. i want to start with these pictures. i want to back up and explain what we've been watching. this is mont belvieu, texas, right about 30 miles due east of houston. and we heard from this company's spokesperson because what is essentially on fire is a refinery. it's enterprise products. spokesperson for the company, rick raine ye was just on the air and this is what he said. this explosion that triggered these massive flames happened around noon central time. this facility you're looking at apparently stores natural gas liquids. he did tell us, of c...

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