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Screwed: 2,300 at AOL

A daily review of the employment fallout around the country and the world.

Today’s Total: 2,816

Some Good News: Ohlone College avoids 6 staff layoffs and opts for a furlough.

AOL will reduce its staff by a third, laying off about 2,300 people…BusinessWeek is reducing its staff by 130…Fresno, CA mayor is proposing 125 municipal layoffs and 5 furlough days between New Year’s and Christmas for most other city employees… Fairfax County Public Libraries will be laying off 107 employees, including those working full- and part-time in the administration, library operations, and technical operations departments… Associated Press has laid off an additional 33 newsroom employees-resulting in 90 layoffs this week-reaching its goal of a 10 percent payroll cut… 66 layoffs are expected in 2010 in the city of Dayton, OH… The Minnesota Discovery Center is closing its doors to the public today for an undetermined period of time and temporarily laying off 47 employees… Christian Care domestic violence shelter in Rock Island will lay off 8 staff, 50 percent of its workforce… A Kellogg Co. plant in Cary, NC has begun handing out an undisclosed number of layoff notices.

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