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WASHINGTON, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. unemployment rate dropped two ticks to 8.5 percent in December, the Labor Department said Friday.

Mongolian grand sumo champion Yokozuna Hakuho performs the ring entering ceremony during a dedication at Meiji Shrine, Tokyo, Japan, on January 6, 2012. The Shinto shrine was started in 1915 and completed in 1920 for Emperor Meiji and Empress Shoken who died in 1912 and 1914. The highest ranked sumo wrestlers dedicate the shrine every January. UPI/Keizo Mori

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