Powder River Livestock sales staff Dan Jensen and Ross Gull touch up the customary green paint on the bucking chutes in preparation for the College National Finals Rodeo Thursday morning at the Casper Events Center. Powder River supplies all of the livestock for the annual rodeo, which are kept at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds until they are needed for each performance. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune..
Cherie Stricker puts the finishing touches in the kitchen as she prepares to move from to Sheridan last August in Traverse City, Mich. Cherie and her husband Dave spent time after Dave started his new job in Sheridan. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
Sage Bear, left, owner of Bear's Naturally Clean Dry Cleaners, checks the computer while Sherry Weeding, a new employee, asks Bear a question. Weeding has worked at the company for two weeks, attracted by a sign that reads, "Work while your kids are in school." Kim Phagan-Hansel photo.
Graphic shows the monthly ratio of unemployed workers to job openings
In this Sept. 10, 2009 photo, job hunters wait in line to meet with recruiters at a job fair in Philadelphia. Forty-two states lost jobs last month, up from 29 in July, with the biggest payroll cuts coming in Texas, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Graphic shows change in weekly jobless claims and employment level
In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
In this photo made Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009, job seekers wait for daily jobs at a Labor Ready office in Concord, N.H. New claims for unemployment insurance fell more than expected last week, evidence the job market is slowly healing as the economy recovers.(AP Photo/Jim Cole)
FILE - In this July 31, 2008 file photo, a woman strides past the Hartford, Conn., headquarters of Aetna, Inc. Aetna on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 said it will cut 625 jobs, or nearly 2 percent of its staff, and will make a similar job cuts in the first quarter of 2010 due to the lagging economy and the potential impact of health care reform. (AP Photo/Bob Child, file)
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