Top of the Hour: Employment Report Expected from the Labor Department, Morning Headlines

The Takeaway

The Labor Department issues its Employment Report for March this morning, with new numbers for job growth and unemployment rate.  In other headlines: President Obama signs the JOBS bill into law; Russia’s government condemns a prison sentence that’s been handed to convicted arms smuggler Viktor Bout; after drifting aimlessly since the tsunami last year, a Japanese freighter ship finally sinks in the Gulf of Alaska;  and a U.S. Marine Sergeant is in trouble after criticizing President Obama on Facebook.

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