Is there no good news in the world? There's precious little in this thread.

[Alex]

NPR did a story on the unemployment numbers while I was out buying groceries and they specifically mentioned that the job market is strong across almost all sectors but with particularly high demand at the top and bottom of the pay scale.

It also noted that for one in a very rare occurence, unemployment is lower among immigrants than among native-born Americans (the survey they quoted didn't try to separate legal immigrants and illegal immigrants). As noted, a strong economy does create a lot of jobs on the low end of the pay scale that just don't exist when the economy is doing poorly and these jobs are soaking up the people willing to work for low wages.

But it is cross sector. So I would stand by listing it as good news.

Other good news: Katie Couric will be moving to anchor the CBS Evening News which means there is a fair chance I'll never see her again.