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Vets' Job Hunt May Be Thwarted By Disability Bias

Credit Courtesy of Justin Claus

Claus served in the Army from 2005 until he was honorably discharged in 2010. A parachute accident in 2007 left him with chronic back and knee pain. He also suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder.

Credit Courtesy of Justin Claus

Army veteran Justin Claus and his fiancee, Crystal Scroggins. Claus has been jobless for two years and suspects his military disability may be keeping him from getting hired.

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Originally published on Wed August 22, 2012 3:12 pm

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When Army veteran Justin Claus, 26, of Racine, Wis., goes to job interviews, he brings along his DD214, a document that serves as proof of military service. Claus is proud of his service and hopes being a veteran will give him an edge.

But the document, which basically sums up a military career, includes the reason it ended. In Claus' case, it reads "disability, permanent." And that little line Claus says, "comes back to get ya."

He says when employers ask why he was discharged, he recounts a parachute accident in 2007 that left him with chronic back and knee pain.

3:06 pm

Tue August 21, 2012

50 Years Later, New Dog Replaces A Long-Lost Friend

By Andrei Codrescu

Originally published on Tue August 21, 2012 6:36 pm

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MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:

We end the hour with commentator Andrei Codrescu and this dispatch from Arkansas and the dog days of summer.

3:05 pm

Tue August 21, 2012

Jet Lagged: NASA Engineer And His Family Are Living On Mars Time

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David Oh, wife Bryn and his children Braden, 13, Ashlyn, 10, and Devyn, 8, picnic in Santa Monica beach at about 1 a.m.

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Originally published on Tue August 21, 2012 6:36 pm

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Even the tiniest change — from daylight saving time to standard time — can throw your body off.

Imagine jumping into the time zone of an entirely different planet. That's what the family of David Oh, a NASA engineer, has been doing for weeks.

3:03 pm

Tue August 21, 2012

Skaters Give Back In Los Angeles, Calif.

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Rebecca Ninburg, aka Demolicious, with Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa.

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Originally published on Thu September 20, 2012 10:54 am

For one day the whir of wheels on a wooden track is suspended as the Los Angeles Derby Dolls open their warehouse venue for the summertime Free Community Health & Job Fair, serving the surrounding Historical Filipinotown community.

The event provides free mammograms, glucose testing, self-defense classes and more courtesy of St. Vincent's Hospital — as well as job recruitment from police and fire departments.

2:44 pm

Tue August 21, 2012

Janka Nabay: The King Of Bubu Music

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Forced into exile from Sierra Leone, Janka Nabay (left of center) now makes his mysterious, mesmerizing music in Brooklyn.

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Originally published on Tue August 21, 2012 6:36 pm

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