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  • A worker directs traffic for street construction in Portland, Ore., Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The Labor Department reported Friday that the unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, a decline of 0.3 percentage point and the lowest since January 2009. The government said the economy created 114,000 jobs, about as expected, and generated 86,000 more jobs in July and August than first estimated.(AP Photo/)

    Consumers jump-start sputtering economy

    The U.S. economy is getting a boost from the awakening of long-slumbering sectors such as housing and local government, even as previously strong sectors such as exports and business investments decline.


  • In this photo taken April 5, 2011, jazz pianist and composer Ramsey Lewis describes his composing methods during an interview at his home in Chicago. His latest work is a tribute to Abraham Lincoln, "Proclamation of Hope: A Symphonic Poem by Ramsey Lewis." It airs nationally on PBS stations starting Thursday. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)

    Jazz star Ramsey Lewis turns to composing

    Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has composed songs over the decades of his career _ a special piece for a certain performance or a new melody for an album.


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