Tue Nov 10, 10:47 AM ET

Job seekers use free computers to search for jobs and work on resumes at the One Stop Career Link center on November 6 in San Francisco, California. US unemployment, now in the double digits, may remain "high" for several years and dampen economy recovery from a brutal recession, a regional central bank official warned Tuesday. (AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)

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