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Howard Henson, an unemployed financial IT recruiter, tosses a phone during the Unemployment Olympics in New York, Tuesday, March 31, 2009.
Wednesday, Apr. 01, 2009

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  • Claire Suddath
  • Unemployed New Yorkers beat the recession blues with the Payday piñata, Pin-the-Blame-on-the-Boss and the "You're Fired!" race.
Photo: Seth Wenig / AP | Source: Some came for fame. Others, for glory. But most came because they had nothing better to do. Laughing in the face of layoffs at the Unemployment Olympics