this is the cbs evening news with scott pelley. pelley: good evening. we begin tonight with a big improvement in the unemployment picture. the labor department reported today that the jobless rate in january fell .2 to 8.3%. the lowest in three years. and the economy created 243,000 jobs. that s a lot more than economists or wall street were expecting, so the news sent sock prices soaring. the dow gained more than 156 points to close at 12,862. and have a look at this that is the highest close for the dow since may of 2008. the financial crisis sent the index as low as 6500 the following year, so that s quite a recovery since then. we asked anthony mason to tell us who s posting the help wanted signs. reporter: patriots trash cans and giant towels are rolling off the line this week at wincraft, the sports collectibles company in winona, minnesota. super bowl sunday is big business for wincraft, and president john killen sees business growing 10% this year. we re ahea