U.S. jobless rate bolts to 8.5%

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate jumped to 8.5 percent in March, the highest since late 1983, as a wide range of employers eliminated a net total of 663,000 jobs.The Labor Department…


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