It will may take up to two years to dig the country out of economic hardship said President Obama in a handwritten letter to an unemployed carpenter in Maine.
"I won't lie to you," the president wrote, "It will probably take another year or two to fully dig our way out of this hole."
Charles Oliver, the recipient of the letter, says that he is frustrated because he has not see any of the recovery that the President and the media have been touting.
5 shot in Seattle
A gunman killed five people in Seattle on Wednesday — four at a cafe and another in a carjacking — before he apparently shot himself as officers closed in following a citywide manhunt, authorities said.
NYC soda ban
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is proposing a ban on the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks.
11-year-old played dead
When the gunmen began to slaughter his family, 11-year-old Ali el-Sayed says he fell to the floor of his home.
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