Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years - BusinessWeek: "The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory gates and office doors to 240,000 more Americans with the holidays nearing. Politicians and economists agreed on a painful bottom line: It's only going to get worse."