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A dozen sites
I'm diggin'

1. "She's like a moose going after a cabbage." A fun piece watching the Palin speech with locals in Alaska.

2. Track Hannah with these storm tools I created on Ning.

3. Stay on top of Hannah with this site that includes radar, satellite, tracking maps, warnings and more.

4. The coolest storm tracking site I have seen in a while.

5. The site watches TV and Web mentions of candidates. It also monitors Tweets and more.

6. Instead of scheduling meetings by e-mail, everybody can work out a time and date online.

7. Here are tons of GREAT tools that will help you find anything on flickr.

8. Vloggerheads fights back against YouTube chaos.

9. YouTomb is where videos go after they're booted off YouTube.

10. The evolution of voting in America is shown by interactive mapping.

11. I have never seen anything like this amazing "Swan Lake" performance. [Flash]

12. This is my current home page.

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Unemployment Figures Coming Friday

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Friday, the U.S. Department of Labor plans to release unemployment data. You can be sure Wall Street will be watching.

The Associated Press says:

On average, economists are forecasting a slight increase in payrolls, but many believe they will decline for a second straight month. Last month, the Labor Department revealed that there was a net jobs loss in January — the first in almost four years.

It’s possible the government may revise January’s data after finding out through further research that jobs actually rose in that month. Several months ago, the Labor Department reported a net jobs loss for August, only to revise it up a month later.

Additional resources:

January data

See a 10-year chart (Or, you can customize the chart to the timespan you wish.)

More from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: