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Summer Job Market Goes Cold for Teenagers in Hampton, Va.,.

By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Jun. 13--Teenagers searching for summer jobs have come in droves to Coliseum Mall in Hampton.

Legends sporting goods has been so swamped with students looking for work that they ran out of job applications. Now hopefuls have to come in armed with a resume.

"There's just a ton of kids out there looking for jobs," said Faith Burton, a sophomore at Bethel High School who is hoping to land a job in the mall at Rave clothing store.

"It's just that they

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