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How To Get Ripped Like The Rock
First Day At The Car Wash
Facts about sex workers and the myths that help spread HIV [Infographic]
Actors Who Look Almost Exactly Like Their Character

How To Get Ripped Like The Rock

Posted: 08 Aug 2014 02:07 PM PDT

The Rock is a gigantic human being and if you want muscles like he has, this is how you get them.

First Day At The Car Wash

Posted: 08 Aug 2014 12:48 PM PDT

This guy apparently doesn't understand the concept of a car wash.

Facts about sex workers and the myths that help spread HIV [Infographic]

Posted: 08 Aug 2014 12:34 PM PDT

Click on Image to Enlarge.

Read the full Lancet HIV and Sex Workers series: The Lancet: HIV and sex workers

Actors Who Look Almost Exactly Like Their Character

Posted: 08 Aug 2014 12:25 PM PDT

Whoever was in charge of casting the actors for these roles clearly did a great job.

Jim Morrison played by Val Kilmer in The Doors

Sarah Palin played by Julianne Moore in Game Change

Mahatma Gandhi played by Ben Kingsley in Gandhi

Aileen Wuornos played by Charlize Theron in Monster

John F Kennedy played by Greg Kinnear in The Kennedys

Abraham Lincoln played by Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln

Truman Capote played by Philip Seymour Hoffman in Capote

James Dean played by James Franco in James Dean

Marilyn Monroe played by Michelle Williams in My Week with Marilyn

Jimi Hendrix played by André Benjamin in Jimi: All Is by My Side

Catherine Hepburn played by Cate Blanchett in The Aviator

Charlie Chaplin played by Robert Downey, Jr. in Chaplin

Margaret Thatcher played by Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady

Nelson Mandela played by Morgan Freeman in Invictus

Muhammad Ali played by Will Smith in Ali

Ray Charles played by Jamie Foxx in Ray

Sid Vicious played by Gary Oldman in Sid and Nancy

Walt Disney played by Tom Hanks in Saving Mr. Banks

James Hunt played by Chris Hemsworth in Rush

Édith Piaf played by Marion Cotillard in La Vie en Rose

Idi Amin played by Forest Whitaker in The Last King Of Scotland

Princess Diana played by Naomi Watts in Diana

Harvey Milk played by Sean Penn in Milk

Malcolm X played by Denzel Washington in Malcolm X

Queen Elizabeth II played by Helen Mirren in The Queen

Bob Dylan played by Cate Blanchett in I'm Not There

Joan Jett played by Kristen Stewart in The Runaways

Unemployment Claims: We Haven't Seen This Since 2006

Friday, August 08, 2014

Unemployment Claims: We Haven't Seen This Since 2006

There's no question about it: The economy is getting stronger thanks to the grit and resilience of American workers. Not only has our economy added 9.9 million jobs for the last 53 straight months, but we've seen sustained job growth over the last six months that we haven't seen since 1997.

As the economy moves forward, the number of people who are applying for unemployment insurance is dropping. Just this week, the four-week moving average of initial claims for unemployment benefits hit its lowest level since 2006.

While there's more work to do, take a look at where we are now, and what it means for the economy: