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reporting tonight from charlotte, north carolina. pelley: good evening. the glow of president obama s renomination in this city last night was eclipsed today by another bad jobs report. the labor department told us the economy created fewer jobs than expected in august just 96,000. average monthly job creation so far this year is 139,000, and that s down from 153,000 last year. the unemployment rate in august fell two-tenths of a point to 8.1%, but that s only because more people gave up looking and even though they don t have jobs they are no longer counted as the unemployed. anthony mason has been digging into this. reporter: two years after he was laid off 0, 30-year-old michael vaupel finally got a full-time job in august, working as a security guard at a florida racetrack. i can t even describe the feeling, really, it s a weight off your shoulders. reporter: but vaupel is one of the lucky ones. the economy refuses to pick up speed. the meager 96,000 jobs created