Here are a couple of threads about unemployment news from the US and Europe

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20554321

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/cali...oyment-over-28

The second one really hits home with me. I was stationed at Yuma for six years in the 80's when I was in the Marine Corps. I still know folks down there and was there as recently as two years ago.