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month in february we added 233,000 private sector jobs. more companies are bringing jobs back and investing in america. and manufacturing is adding jobs for the first time since the 1990s. we just had another good month last month in terms of adding manufacturing jobs. and this facility is part of the evidence of what's going on all across the country. this company is about to hire more than 200 new workers, 140 of them right here in petersburg, virginia. so the economy is getting stronger. and when i come to places like this and i see the work that's being done, it gives me confiden...

jobs last month. so it was private sector hiring. companies hiring that drove the jobs number. this is the last year, carol. 2011 i want to show you. last spring things are pretty strong. we were having 200,000 jobs gained every month. in the summer it got real slow. we were worried about a double dip recession. picked up again in the fall. now we have revisions. the bigger picture is a little bit better. you have better than expected january, february, now it's 8.3% the unemployment rate. there were jobs created in business and professional services. there were jobs created in minin...

their reputations. ? we dpin with a major retreat into what's turning into a surprise issue on this year's presidential campaign. the politics of women's health. in a ferocious backlash one of the nation's biggest players in the fight against breast can'ter announced it will not cut off money tomanned parenthood. cnn's lisa sylvester has more on today's about face. >> reporter: the susan g. komen board of directors and ceo began with saying sorry. "we want to apologize to the american public for recent decisions that cast doubt upon our commitment to our mission of saving lives. we h...

put the region on edge and has the world watching intently to see what happens next in the isolated country. a very emotional presenter on north korean state tv made the official announcement. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> the state tv reports the 69-year-old leader died saturday morning of a heart attack while an a train trip. the report also said that doctors used every possible first aid measure, but mr. kim could not be saved. a funeral will be held on december the 28th in pyongyang. well, kim jong il was only the second leader the people of this reclusive nation has ever kn...

One thousand consumers polled they use layaway once and third of them return to lawaway is a great news. >> it's a different payment option. >> it's a good idea. >> retail industry leaders associates defends the fees, it is at least to sugest that five bucks on a hundred dollar purchase is twice the going rate of credit cards which today average about 14.9% nationwide. layaway programs provide consumers with a responsible low cost alternative to credit cards. that is once forgotten practice is a popular alternative to credit cards and a boon to large retailers. that friend will likely continue...