Recovery

US unemployment falls to 7.8 pct., a 44-month low

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years and giving President Barack Obama a potential boost with the election a month away. The rate dropped from 8.

Jobs report boosts Obama; Romney not impressed

By DAVID ESPO and KEN THOMASAssociated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Mitt Romney was still celebrating his widely praised debate performance when the campaign lurched in a different direction. Unemployment dropped last month to the lowest level since 2009, and suddenly it was President Barack Obama

Romney performance quiets GOP critics _ for now

By PHILIP ELLIOTTAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - For weeks, Republican Party elders fretted that the presidential race was slipping through Mitt Romney's fingers. The handwringing - for the moment - has stopped. The GOP nominee's strong head-to-head showing against President Barack

Robin Roberts update: My doctors are "very pleased with my progress"

By Kate Stanhope, Exactly two weeks after her bone marrow transplant, Good Morning America co-host Robin Roberts says she's feeling great. In a new entry on her blog, Roberts says that her blood counts are "GREAT!" and that her doctors and nurses are "very pleased with my progress." Robin