Unemployed truck driver Allen Askew III checks for job listings at a jobs search agency in Detroit, Michigan April 3, 2009. The U.S. unemployment rate soared to 8.5% last month, a 25-year high, as employers slashed 663.000 jobs and cut workers’ hours to the lowest level on record, the government said on Friday. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES BUSINESS) – RTXDLGJ
