Unemployment Rate / Pearl Harbor / Black Boxes

Missoulian: US economy adds 146K jobs, rate falls to 7.7 pct.

Employment Situation Summary 

 “Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 146,000 in November, and the unemployment rate edged down to 7.7 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment increased in retail trade, professional and business services, and health care.”

Missoulian:Pearl Harbor dead remembered on 71st anniversary

Image from Photo Gallery: December 7, 1941

World War II Valor in the Pacific 

“World War II Valor in the Pacific National Monument preserves and interprets the stories of the Pacific War, including the events at Pearl Harbor, the internment of Japanese Americans, the battles in the Aleutians, and the occupation of Japan.”

Missoulian: Black boxes in cars raise privacy concerns 

Part 563, EVENT DATA RECORDERS
“The purpose of Part 563, EVENT DATA RECORDERS (EDR) is to help ensure that ERDs record, in a readily usable manner, data valuable for effective crash investigations and for analysis of safety equipment performance (e.g., advanced restraint systems). These data will help provide a better understanding of the circumstances in which crashes and injuries occur and will lead to safer vehicle designs.”