Business

Twice as many jobs as expected were added by employers during the month of October. The nation's payrolls grew by $166,000. This was stated by the Labor Department on November 2. The nation's unemployment rate stayed at 4.7 percent. Economists only expected the nation's payroll to increase by only $80,000. President Bush out that his economic policies work, although that is debated by some. In October, average hourly earnings raised to $17.48.

Health

Recent studies have lead towards the suggestion that more sleep may lead to a lower risk in obesity for children. Researchers have found that every additional hour per night a third-grader spends sleeping reduces the child’s chances of being obese in sixth grade by 40 percent. If there was a magic number for the third-graders, it was nine hours, 45 minutes of sleep. Sleeping more than that lowered the risk significantly. The study gives parents one more reason to enforce bedtimes, restrict caffeine and yank the TV from the bedroom. The study appears in the November issue of the journal Pediatrics.