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By John Gallagher, Detroit Free Press Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 20--Laura Tropea's is not the usual face of unemployment.

Tropea, 26, graduated in June from Brooklyn Law School in New York. She passed the state bar exam there but couldn't find a job. Facing $120,000 in school loans to repay, she moved home with her mother in South Lyon and started sending out resumes.

Hundreds of resumes later, she's had two interviews, no offers and a little contract legal work through a temporary employment agency. She earns spending money ma

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