CBS News Top Stories: Jobless rate down to 8.6%
CBS NEWS TOP STORIES Jobless rate down to 8.6% Unemployment rate falls to lowest since March 2009, as employers added 120K jobs in November - but 315K gave up looking for work Read full story Pakistan denies it knew of strikes Pakistan's army flatly rejects claim by U.S. officials that they were warned of pending strikes which left 24 Pakistani troops dead Read full story Does the Tea Party still matter? Lacking the energy of 2010 - or a presidential candidate to call its own - the Tea Party hopes to make an impact once again Read full story Calif. cleans up after violent windstorms Hundreds of thousands without power in Calif.; Emergencies declared in some communities as slow cleanup begins Read full story Senate rejects payroll tax cut extensions Many Republicans, and even some Democrats, say the payroll tax cut espoused by Obama hasn't helped create jobs Read full story U.S. hands iconi