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U.S. unemployment rate rose in August for the first time in four months as more people entered the job market and struggled to find openings, putting pressure on Obama, flanked by his economic team today, to ratchet up his recovery game plan while steering away from another stimulus approach. | VIDEO Stimulus? Just Don't Call It ThatUnemployment On the Rise OPINION: Obama, Keep Hands Off Web
Private employers added 67,000 jobs, more than forecast, but governments shed jobs in August, the Labor Department reported, as the jobless rate rose to 9.6 percent.
