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Need To Know | Fri., March 2, 2012 | PBS

Duration: 25:10 (Full Program)
Program: Need to Know #225
Broadcast Date: Mar. 2, 2012

In an updated "Help Wanted" edition of Need to Know coinciding with the release of the nation's monthly unemployment report, correspondent John Larson reports from Ohio about whether recent economic gains have changed the fortunes of four people - with jobs - who suffered greatly during the great recession that began in 2008.

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Post Date: March 2, 2012