<p>J.R. Childress searches on the computer for job opportunities at his home in Kernersville, N.C. Childress has been laid off twice since late 2009, most recently for 10 months.</p>
February 12, 2012
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February 12, 2012 8 p.m.
Resumes in a black hole
Faces beyond the numbers of the long-term unemployed
J.R. Childress is up before the sun, bustling about in the French colonial brick house he built. He helps pack his wife's lunch, downs some eggs or cereal for breakfast, pores over online and newspaper job listings and hopes - even prays - this will be the day when his fortunes turn around.