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Personal spending rose 0.3 percent in February, the Commerce Department reported Monday. But US stimulus programs have not managed to boost household incomes.
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Only slightly higher in dollar terms, oil prices are surging for weaker currencies like the British pound and euro.
• Unemployment rate 9.7 percent. Underemployment far higher.
  
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• Blacks more likely to have undiagnosed key stroke risk factor have higher stroke incidence
  
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• House prices rose 2.9 percentage in 2009
  
House prices in the UK rose by 2.9% last year, according to the latest government house price survey.
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