Census data signals fragile US economic recovery
The 2011 census snapshot shows mobility rising as young adults leave parents’ homes to seek jobs or college. Unemployment eased to 8.9 percent, housing sales improve but ownership fell to 64.6 percent, and food stamp use grows amid a mixed, stabilizing economy with lingering weakness in labor and housing markets.
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Soldier gives birth in Afghan combat zone first for Britain
A Royal Artillery gunner stationed at Camp Bastion in Helmand Province delivered a baby boy during her deployment, the first child born to a British servicewoman in a combat zone. Mother and baby are stable. doctors will assist the return to Britain. The defense ministry noted she was unaware of the pregnancy and sought care only when labor began.
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