Mixed economic news arrived Friday, showing that employers added more than 200,000 jobs last month, but the unemployment rate rose to 9 percent --partly because some people resumed their job search.

The Labor Department says the economy added 244,000 jobs in April -- the third straight month of more than 200,000 new jobs and the biggest hiring spree in five years.ok

Private employers shrugged off high gas prices and created 268,000 jobs -- the most since February 2006...