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recession_citiestimeline[i++] = new Array("","Introduction","The metro area that has been in recession the longest is Detroit, which slid into a downturn in August 2005.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/081220-detroit-2-hmed-3p.hmedium.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "Carlos Osorio", "AP file", "255", "423", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p>Here, year by year and month by month, are the metro areas that have slid into a recession, according to the Adversity Index by Moody's Economy.com and msnbc.com. <p><br>The index measures employment, industrial production, housing starts and home prices for 381 metro areas in the U.S. Each metro area is judged to be either in recession, at risk, recovering, or expanding.<p><br>Click on the chapter headings at left for a look at the recession's history.<p><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866676/\"><b>How do we assess the economic health of each area? Click here.</b></a><p><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29896874/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/\"><b>For the full story and a national map with details on every state and metro area, click here.</b></a><br>";

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recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>August</b><br>Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan<p><br><b>October</b><br>Flint, Michigan<p><br><b>November</b><br>Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, Michigan<p><br><b>December</b><br>Ann Arbor, Michigan<p><br>Battle Creek, Michigan<p><br>Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, Michigan<p><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com</small></b>";

recession_citiestimeline[i++] = new Array("","2006 ","Volunteers from New Hope Church hand out food to more than 5,000 families in Elkhart, Ind., which fell into recession in December 2006.","http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/090310-elkhart-food-hmed-3p.hmedium.jpg","","", "", "", "", "", "", "J. Tyler Klassen", "Elkhart Truth", "273", "412", "#000000", "", "", "", "");
recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>May</b><br>Dalton, Georgia<p><br><b>June</b><br>Rome, Georgia<p><br><b>July</b><br>Anderson, Indiana<p><br>Jackson, Michigan<p><br><b>August</b><br>Holland-Grand Haven, Michigan<p><br>Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan<p><br>Monroe, Michigan<p><br><b>September</b><br>Bay City, Michigan<p><br>Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan<p><br>Redding, California<p><br>Sandusky, Ohio<p><br>Toledo, Ohio<p><br><b>October</b><br>Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida<p><br>Lima, Ohio<p><br>Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, Ohio-Pennsylvania<p><br><b>December</b><br>Canton-Massillon, Ohio<p><br>Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana<p><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com</small></b>";

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recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>January</b><br>Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina<p><br>Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan<p><br>Mansfield, Ohio<p><br>Merced, California<p><br>Modesto, California<p><br>Naples-Marco Island, Florida<p><br>Port St. Lucie, Florida<p><br>Punta Gorda, Florida<p><br><b>February</b><br>Cape Coral-Fort Myers, Florida<p><br>Green Bay, Wisconsin<p><br>San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California<p><br>Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida<p><br>West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida<p><br><b>March</b><br>Janesville, Wisconsin<p><br>Lake Havasu City-Kingman, Arizona<p><br>Pittsfield, Massachusetts<p><br>Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California<p><br><b>May</b><br>Fort Walton Beach-Clearview-Destin, Florida<p><br>Ocala, Florida<p><br><b>June</b><br>Fairbanks, Alaska<p><br>Pocatello, Idaho<p><br><b>July</b><br>Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida<p><br><b>August</b><br>Altoona, Pennsylvania<p><br>Carson City, Nevada<p><br><b>September</b><br>Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York<p><br>Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, Virginia<p><br>Burlington, North Carolina<p><br>Erie, Pennsylvania<p><br>Lewiston-Auburn, Maine<p><br>Providence-New Bedford-Fall River, Rhode Island-Massachusetts<p><br>Wausau, Wisconsin<p><br>Williamsport, Pennsylvania<p><br>Yuba City, California<p><br><b>October</b><br>Chattanooga, Tennessee-Georgia<p><br>Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California<p><br><b>November</b><br>Vallejo-Fairfield, California<p><br><b>December</b><br>Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania-New Jersey<p><br>Anderson, South Carolina<p><br>Augusta-Richmond County, Georgia-South Carolina<p><br>Dover, Delaware<p><br>Lafayette, Indiana<p><br>Lakeland-Winter Haven, Florida<p><br>Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada<p><br>Napa, California<p><br>Rocky Mount, North Carolina<p><br>Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California<p><br>Springfield, Ohio<p><br>Terre Haute, Indiana<p><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com</small></b>";

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recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>January</b><br>Clarksville, Tennessee-Kentucky<p><br>Jacksonville, Florida<p><br>Lewiston, Idaho-Washington<p><br>Morristown, Tennessee<p><br>Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin<p><br>Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, Arizona<p><br>Reading, Pennsylvania<p><br>Reno-Sparks, Nevada<p><br>Roanoke, Virginia<p><br>Sumter, South Carolina<p><br>Tucson, Arizona<p><br><b>February</b><br>Brunswick, Georgia<p><br>Cleveland, Tennessee<p><br>Danville, Illinois<p><br>Elmira, New York<p><br>Muncie, Indiana<p><br>Racine, Wisconsin<p><br>Sioux City, Iowa-Nebraska-South Dakota<p><br><b>April</b><br>Appleton, Wisconsin<p><br>Baton Rouge, Louisiana<p><br>Birmingham-Hoover, Alabaam<p><br>Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina<p><br>Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio<p><br>Columbus, Georgia-Alabama<p><br>Dayton, Ohio<p><br>Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey<p><br>Eugene-Springfield, Oregon<p><br>Fort Smith, Arkansas-Oklahoma<p><br>Hattiesburg, Mississippi<p><br>La Crosse, Wisconsin-Minnesota<p><br>Lake Charles, Louisiana<p><br>Medford, Oregon<p><br>Newark-Union, New Jersey-Pennsylvania<p><br>Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California<p><br>Sheboygan, Wisconsin<p><br>Valdosta, Georgia<p><br>Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey<p><br>Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa<p><br><b>May</b><br>Alexandria, Louisiana<p><br>Decatur, Alabama<p><br>Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, Florida<p><br>Florence-Muscle Shoals, Alabama<p><br>Fort Wayne, Indiana<p><br>Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina<p><br>Johnson City, Tennessee<p><br>Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas<p><br>Knoxville, Tennessee<p><br>Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky<p><br>Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California<p><br>Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky-Indiana<p><br>Macon, Georgia<p><br>Memphis, Tennessee-Mississippi-Arkansas<p><br>Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin<p><br>Mobile, Alabama<p><br>Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California<p><br>Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida<p><br>Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine<p><br>Rochester, New York<p><br>Rockford, Illinois<p><br>Salem, Oregon<p><br>Savannah, Georgia<p><br>St. Louis, Missouri-Illinois<p><br>Tallahassee, Florida<p><br>Tuscaloosa, Alabama<p><br>Visalia-Porterville, California<p><br>Wilmington, Delaware-Maryland-New Jersey<p><br><b>June</b><br>Anniston-Oxnard, Alabama<p><br>Auburn-Opelika, Alabama<p><br>Bangor, Maine<p><br>Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas<p><br>Bend, Oregon<p><br>Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington<p><br>Champaign-Urbana, Illinois<p><br>Charlottesville, Virginia<p><br>Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, Illinois<p><br>Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana<p><br>Columbia, South Carolina<p><br>Dubuque, Iowa<p><br>El Centro, California<p><br>Fayetteville, North Carolina<p><br>Florence, South Carolina<p><br>Gainesville, Georgia<p><br>Jackson, Mississippi<p><br>Jefferson City, Missouri<p><br>Johnstown, Pennsylvania<p><br>Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, Tennessee-Virginia<p><br>Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida<p><br>Muskegon-Norton Shores, Michigan<p><br>New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana<p><br>Ogden-Clearfield, Utah<p><br>Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, West Virgina-Ohio<p><br>Santa Fe, New Mexico<p><br>South Bend-Mishawaka, Indiana-Michigan<p><br>Spartanburg, South Carolina<p><br>St. George, Utah<p><br>Stockton, California<p><br><b>July</b><br>Albany, Georgia<p><br>Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia<p><br>Boise City-Nampa, Idaho<p><br>Bowling Green, Kentucky<p><br>Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York<p><br>Coeur d'Alene, Idaho<p><br>Columbus, Indiana<p><br>Columbus, Ohio<p><br>Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa-Illinois<p><br>Elizabethtown, Kentucky<p><br>Flagstaff, Arizona<p><br>Fond du Lac, Wisconsin<p><br>Gadsden, Alabama<p><br>Glens Falls, New York<p><br>Gulfport-Biloxi, Mississippi<p><br>Hinesville-Fort Stewart, Georgia<p><br>Huntington-Ashland-, West Virginia-Kentucky-Ohio<p><br>Idaho Falls, Idaho<p><br>Ithaca, New York<p><br>Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois<p><br>Kokomo, Indiana<p><br>Lancaster, Pennsylvania<p><br>Lawton, Oklahoma<p><br>Longview, Washington<p><br>Michigan City-La Porte, Indiana<p><br>Montgomery, Alabama<p><br>Nashville-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin, Tennessee<p><br>New Haven-Milford, Connecticut<p><br>Owensboro, Kentucky<p><br>Palm Coast, Florida<p><br>Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida<p><br>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania<p><br>Prescott, Arizona<p><br>Provo-Orem, Utah<p><br>Pueblo, Colorado<p><br>Scranton-Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania<p><br>Sebastian-Vero Beach, Florida<p><br>Spokane, Washington<p><br>Yuma, Arizona<p><br><b>August</b><br>Akron, Ohio<p><br>Asheville, North Carolina<p><br>Athens-Clarke County, Georgia<p><br>Bellingham, Washington<p><br>Bloomington-Normal, Illinois<p><br>Charleston, West Virginia<p><br>Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, North Carolina<p><br>Cumberland, Maryland-West Virginia<p><br>Decatur, Illinois<p><br>Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa<p><br>Evansville, Indiana-Kentucky<p><br>Greenville-Mauldin-Easley, South Carolina<p><br>Honolulu, Hawaii<p><br>Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, Louisiana<p><br>Indianapolis-Carmel, Indianapolis<p><br>Iowa City, Iowa<p><br>Jackson, Tennessee<p><br>Joplin, Missouri<p><br>Kingston, New York<p><br>Lebanon, Pennsylvania<p><br>Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, Arkansas<p><br>Madera-Chowchilla, California<p><br>Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington<p><br>Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina<p><br>Norwich-New London, Connecticut<p><br>Ocean City, New Jersey<p><br>Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska-Iowa<p><br>Pine Bluff, Arkansas<p><br>Rockingham County-Strafford County, New Hampshire<p><br>Salinas, California<p><br>Springfield, Massachusetts<p><br>Springfield, Missouri<p><br>Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey<p><br>Utica-Rome, New York<p><br>Warner Robins, Georgia<p><br>Weirton-Steubenvilel, West Virginia-Ohio<p><br>Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington<p><br>Winchester, Virginia-West Virginia<p><br>Yakima, Washington<p><br>York-Hanover, Pennsylvania<p><br><b>September</b><br>Ames, Iowa<p><br>Atlantic City, New Jersey<p><br>Barnstable Town, Massachusetts<p><br>Camden, New Jersey<p><br>Dothan, Alabama<p><br>Duluth, Minnesota-Wisconsin<p><br>Fresno, California<p><br>Greenville, North Carolina<p><br>Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania<p><br>Harrisonburg, Virginia<p><br>Lake County-Kenosha County, Illinois-Wisconsin<p><br>Lawrence, Kansas<p><br>Longview, Texas<p><br>Madison, Wisconsin<p><br>Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, Minnesota-Wisconsin<p><br>Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, Oregon-Washington<p><br>Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California<p><br>Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California<p><br>Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California<p><br>St. Cloud, Minnesota<p><br>St. Joseph, Missouri-Kansas<p><br>Syracuse, New York<p><br>Wichita, Kansas<p><br>Wichita Falls, Texas<p><br>Wilmington, North Carolina<p><br>Worcester, Massachusetts<p><br><b>October</b><br>Albuquerque, New Mexico<p><br>Baltimore-Towson, Marylan<p><br>Chico, California<p><br>Colorado Springs, Colorado<p><br>Columbia, Missouri<p><br>Corvallis, Oregon<p><br>Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado<p><br>Eau Claire, Wisconsin<p><br>Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Arkansas<p><br>Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado<p><br>Gainesville, Florida<p><br>Gary, Indiana<p><br>Greeley, Colorado<p><br>Hot Springs, Arkansas<p><br>Jonesboro, Arkansas<p><br>Monroe, Louisiana<p><br>Nassau-Suffolk, New York<p><br>New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York-New Jersey<p><br>Niles-Benton Harbor, Michigan<p><br>Orlando-Kissimmee, Florida<p><br>Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida<p><br>Peabody, Massachusetts<p><br>Peoria, Illinois<p><br>San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California<p><br>San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California<p><br>Tacoma, Washington<p><br>Wheeling, West Virginia-Ohio<p><br><b>November</b><br>Bakersfield, California<p><br>Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut<p><br>Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont<p><br>Danville, Virginia<p><br>Great Falls, Montana<p><br>Missoula, Montana<p><br>Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania<p><br>Richmond, Virginia<p><br>Salt Lake City, Utah<p><br>Victoria, Texas<p><br><b>December</b><br>Binghamton, New York<p><br>Bloomington, Indiana<p><br>Boston-Quincy, Massachusetts<p><br>Cambridge-Newton-Framingham, Massachusetts<p><br>Casper, Wyoming<p><br>Cedar Rapids, Iowa<p><br>Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina<p><br>Goldsboro, North Carolina<p><br>Hagerstown-Martinsburg, Maryland-West Virginia<p><br>Hanford-Corcoran, California<p><br>Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut<p><br>Lafayette, Louisiana<p><br>Lincoln, Nebraska<p><br>Logan, Utah-Idaho<p><br>Lynchburg, Virginia<p><br>Manchester-Nashua, New Hampshire<p><br>Morgantown, West Virginia<p><br>Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, New York<p><br>Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina<p><br>Salisbury, Maryland<p><br>San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California<p><br>Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington<p><br>Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana<p><br>Tyler, Texas<p><br>Winston-Salem, North Carolina<p><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com</small></b>";

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recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>January</b><br>Bethesda-Frederick-Rockville, Maryland<p><br>Billings, Montana<p><br>Boulder, Colorado<p><br>Brownsville-Harlingen, Texas<p><br>Corpus Christi, Texas<p><br>Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas<p><br>Huntsville, Alabama<p><br>Lubbock, Texas<p><br>Olympia, Washington<p><br>Pascagoula, Mississippi<p><br>Rapid City, South Dakota<p><br>Rochester, Minnesota<p><br>San Angelo, Texas<p><br>Sherman-Denison, Texas<p><br>Springfield, Illinois<p><br>State College, Pennsylvania<p><br>Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia-North Carolina<p><br>Waco, Texas<p><br>Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, D.C.-Virginia-Maryland-West Virginia<p><br><b>February</b><br>Abilene, Texas<p><br>Amarillo, Texas<p><br>Austin-Round Rock, Texas<p><br>Cheyenne, Wyoming<p><br>El Paso, Texas<p><br>Fargo, North Dakota-Minnesota<p><br>Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas<p><br>Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas<p><br>Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington<p><br>McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas<p><br>San Antonio, Texas<p><br>Sioux Falls, South Dakota<p><br>Topeka, Kansas<p><br>Tulsa, Oklahoma<p><br><br><br><b>March</b><br>College Station-Bryan, Texas<p><br>Farmington, New Mexico<p><br>Grand Forks, North Dakota-Minnesota<p><br>Grand Junction, Colorado<p><br>Jacksonville, North Carolina<p><br>Oklahoma City, Oklahoma<p><br><br><br><b>April</b><br>Anchorage, Alaska<p><br>Las Cruces, New Mexico<p><br>Midland, Texas<p><br>Odessa, Texas<p><br><b>May</b><br>Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, Texas<p><br>Laredo, Texas<p><br>Texarkana, Texas-Arkansas<p><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com</small></b>";

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recession_citiestimeline[i-1].body = "<div style=\"font-family : Verdana, Arial, Geneva, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><class=\"textBodyBlack\"><font size=\"2\"><headline/><p><b>Expanding</b><br><br><br>None<p><br><b>At risk of recession</b><p><br>Bismarck, North Dakota<p><br><br><br><b><small>Source: msnbc.com and Moody's Economy.com, data through March 2009</small></b><p><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29866676/\"><b>Want to know how we gauged the economic health of each area? Click here.</b></a><p><br><a href=\"http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29896874/ns/us_news-the_elkhart_project/\"><b>For the full story and a national map with details on every state and metro area, click here.</b></a<br>";

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