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Than mitt romney, another republican in the first quarter of this year. $2.2 million to 1.9. at florida's kennedy space center today dress rehearsal day for the crew of the space shuttle "endeavour." commanded of course by congresswoman gabrielle giffords' husband, mark kelly. the launch scheduled for april 19th. a commuter plane with dozens of passengers aboard made an emergency landing at the little rock national airport late this afternoon after the pilot reported hitting a large flock of birds. an airport spokesman says the plane had significant damage to the nose. and finally, the l...

That is where we begin, a banner month for hiring and not a second too soon. let me show you better than expected numbers for the labor department. 216,000 jobs created in march and just as important, a stair step trend in the right direction. you can see it there now. the economy has added 1.5 million jobs since early 2010. another good sign, the jobless rate is trending down, 9% of the start of 2011, 8.8% now, that is the lowest in two years. where are these new jobs coming from? >> in march business services hired $78,000 and it was another good month for health care and leisure and hospita...

Drive demonstrators off the streets. egyptian protests returned to tahrir square today angry over proposed laws to criminalize protests. a japanese official says people living near the fukushima daiichi nuclear complex won't be going home for months. 78,000 residents from the 12-mile evacuation zone are now in shelters. the world's largest concrete pump is going to japan, the machine's 230-foot boom can be operated by remote control safely away from the radiation and use it to bury the crippled reactors in concrete. for now, they're going to spray some water. the unemployment picture bri...

In fact, labor department says unchanged because it was such a small move but 8.8% jobs gain of 216,000 in the month. >> which is better than most of the expectations were? >> that's right. >> carmen wong ulrich joins us now. the legs on the economic stool this is the one that concerns the greatest number of people? >> this is tremendously important and this is encouraging numbers and happy to see this. cnnmoney.com did a poll of economists. they a great number and big number. most of the jobs, as they have been over the past several months created in the health sector. leisure and tech is up ...

Japan is now past 11,600. exactly three weeks since that massive earthquake and tsunami, more than 16,000 are still missing. also, the tens of thousands of people evacuated from the area near the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant have just found out it could be months before they're allowed to return home. and did you check the jobs report today? it was better than expected, 216,000 jobs added in the month of march, bringing the nation's unemployment rate down just a smidge to 8.8%, the lowest level we've seen in two years. call it an april fools' day joke courtesy of the weather. a winter...