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National unemployment rate falls to 7.8%, lowest since 2009
Posted: 10.05.2012 at 9:09 AM
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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years. The rate fell because more people found work, a trend that could impact the presidential election.

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