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Brian Griffith was earning six figures before he lost his job when his company downsized. Now, he lives with his parents, pitching in on chores in his childhood home.

A growing number of adults, from recent graduates in a fruitless job hunt to experienced workers laid off during the recession, are doing the same in search of a stronger economic foothold. The trend has been building for years, part of a culture shift in which children are waiting longer to leave the nest, but it's intensified since the downturn cast thousands out of work or into part-time jobs with little pay.

About 4.2 million workers ages 20 to 29 were unemployed last year, nearly double the number in 2007, before the recession began. Countless others traded full-time jobs for part-time or temporary work or accepted lower-paying positions.

A recent U.S. Census Bureau report found moving home "is a strategy employed by less advantaged individuals ... to handle economic uncertainty and to make ends meet during times of economic strain" -- and that it's happening more often.

The number of adult children living with their parents increased by 1.2 million from 2008 to 2010, a gain of about 5 percent, the report found.

Watch President Obama's address to the nation here.

WASHINGTON — Osama bin Laden is dead.

President Barack Obama made the dramatic late-night announcement Sunday from the East Room of the White House, ending the long, elusive international manhunt for the leader of the al-Qaida terrorist organization responsible for the Sept.

WASHINGTON -- Defying his reputation as a 1950s square, the new, more casual Mitt Romney is popping up around the country as he readies a second run for president. He's going tieless on network TV, strolling NASCAR pits in Daytona and sporting skinny Gap jeans bought for him by his wife.

FORT WORTH, Texas -- Part of Super Bowl tradition is the trilogy of parties that each host committee throws for the media, sponsors and volunteers.

For Super Bowl XLV, the North Texas Host Committee will follow the regional theme it has championed from the start.

The media party will be at House of Blues in Dallas on Tuesday.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand -- A magnitude-5.9 earthquake rocked New Zealand's North Island early Friday morning, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

The quake, centered near the lakeside resort town of Taupo, was widely felt as far away as the South Island, but a seismologist said, because it occurred 93 miles below the surface, it was unlikely to cause any structural damage.

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- According to the conventional wisdom that liberals accept climate change and conservatives don't, Kerry Emanuel is an oxymoron.

Emanuel sees himself as a conservative. He believes marriage is between a man and a woman. He backs a strong military. He almost always votes Republican and admires Ronald Reagan.

Emanuel is also a highly regarded professor of atmospheric science at MIT. And based on his work on hurricanes and the research of his peers, Emanuel has concluded that the scientific data show a powerful link between greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.