approximately the same size as 501 connecticut. we employ 20 people and the popular deli employs 50 -- 15 people. 400 customers came through klein's in their 12-hour day. we always have had a consistently good business after 5:00 p.m. is during the day that has been the problem. our morning starting as early as 7:00 a.m. -- is filled with the delivery trucks. they create traffic and traffic hazards and our staff has to be there even though our customer count is low. we have held on tenaciously through the years. 20th street was torn up for a while. and then wholefoods opened eight blocks away. we anticipated all this but when klein's closed, that was a big deal. shopping habits were shifted. since then we have been anxiously awaiting anotherancho -- another anchor tenant and it has not come and will not come with this proposed child care center. even with its changing rules and regulations, san francisco has been [unintelligible] we urge you to uphold the d.r. that is before you. president fong: thank you. other speakers in favor o

we have made other mistakes in connecticut i believe. but most importantly we are violating the supreme court's decision that originally outlawed the death penalty because we are doing it in an arbitrary fashion. if you were prosecuted in one particular city you were seven times more likely to get the death penalty than in another city in the state. nor do we have a workable death penalty statute in our state, the only person put to death volunteered for it be withdrawing the appeals. everyone on death row currently is not likely to have been put to death anyway. but we had this practice in place where they could be. we have people on death row longer than 20 years. we are joining the rest of the industrialized world and the other 16 states. when you talk about the states, wisconsin outlawed the death penalty in 1853 and maine did it in 1876, it was not a new movement, it's a slow one, it's picking steam -- it's picking up steam. we will eventually do away with it. >> in terms of the men in connecticut on death row. part of it getting pa

he will start with connecticut.ngrich in the lead with 67 -- this is with 4% of the precincts reporting. romney as you see there has the early lead of 66% -- this is now -- this is still connecticut. i can give you rhode island numbers with 9% of the vote in, romney had 62%, ron paul 25% and gingrich with 7%. romney will probably be the no, ma'am nominee but we will update you. >>> oakland firefighters mopping up a house fire when they heard gun shots just a block away. the fire broke out about 9:30 at 14th and campbell. nobody was hurt but as they were wrapping up, people came running from a block away to tell them someone had just been shot. >> heard it, maybe five or six shots. >> reporter: the witnesses say the victim was hit in the lower body or legs, no word on his condition or what led to the shooting. >> just a few months after police launched the 100 block plan to fight crime there are reports its being abandoned. with in the past we asked the mayor about if officers are continuing to focus on crime ridden

and in connecticut, nbc news projecting that mitt romney will win in connecticut tonight. and in the state of delaware tonight, nbc news declaring that mitt romney has won in the great state of delaware. although delaware is the second smallest state in the country with 17 total delegates at stake for the state, it has a little bit of special significance in terms of today's news. tonight's republican primaries in particular, because newt gingrich told nbc news yesterday that if he didn't finish at least a close second to mitt romney in delaware, that he would have to "reassess his campaign." that led to speculation if the delaware race is a blowout for mitt romney tonight, we might see newt gingrich formally suspending his campaign and effectively quitting the race this evening. mr. gingrich spoke in the last hour. he did not quit the race. we'll have more on his remarks tonight. and his future in the race coming up in the show. mr. romney's speech tonight, interestingly, is not taking place in any of the states that were voting today. mitt romney was not speaking in new

but our judge napolitano says it i don't turn out differently in connecticut.>judge napolitano: the legislature can make it the public policy the death penalty is available for jury and judge or not available for jury and judges but they cannot say, it is not available in the future but it was available and still is available for those who here now. >>reporter: can you execute someone today who could not be executed for the same rhyme in the future. it could go to the supreme court of the united states. >>shepard: thank you. a grand jury indicted the jetblue captain who had a meltdown mid-flight. the guy would shouted things including "bring down this plane, al qaeda is here." you remember the video, the passengers tackled the can't when he ran through the cabin shouting, and the first officer diverted the plane. and he got on the p.a. and said "restrain the captain." the grand jury has been charmed with interference of a flight crew and a judge ordered a psychiatric examination to determine whether the pilot was legally sane during that outburst. >> does beer

connecticut debating that right now.l ask the state's governor about it next. ♪ [ male announcer ] you're at the age where you don't get thrown by curveballs. ♪ this is the age of knowing how to get things done. so, why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. 20 million men already have. ask your doctor if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitrates for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than four hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor right away if you experience a sudden decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. >>> abolishing the death penalty. right now that debate is playing out in connecticut. already these are the states that have abolished it. and if passed, connecticut would be the 17th state to

good for connecticut.before all 50 states do the right thing and abolish the death penalty? >> just one of the issues we will be talking about this morning. but first, we get all of the latest, today's current tv news update here in los angeles jacki schechner. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everybody. the white house is holding a conference call at 10:00 a.m. eastern today to talk about the reauthorization of the violence against women act. it is currently under consideration in the senate and democrats support extending the law's protection to native americans, gay women and immigrants, republicans shockingly do not. they are introducing their own version in the house of the 1994 law, which essentially re-ups it as it stands now but does not afford those protection against sexual assault and domestic violence to new groups of women. if you want to research more about how this piece of policy became political and why, talking points memo has a good write-up today. it is looking likely that the supre

here is the beltway at connecticut avenue. from connecticut, but there's no delay from after georgia avenue. outer loop looks good in silver spring. 270 at father hurley looks pretty good a little more volume, but not enough to slow you down. in springfield, let's see how the northbound 95 commute is looking, pretty typical from newington. heavy but steady. pretty much moving at speed, even though it looks pretty heavy up to 395 and up to the 14th street bridge. no problems. >> one of the biggest entertainment landmarks reopening after being closed nearly three decades of. >> really excited about this. the house order if it will reopen next week after a $29 million renovation. it looks great inside. ribbon cutting is monday and an opening gala will be on thursday. it was opened in 1910. it was one of the first african american venues in the nation of its type. it featured a jazz soul music and motown. we are looking at 41 degrees. >> the university of arkansas football coach spoke about his recent motorcycle crash but left out

they're focusing on six clusters of restaurants in maryland, texas, wisconsin, rhode island and connecticut. but the specific restaurants haven't been named yet. at least seven people have been hospitalized, no deaths have been reported. but officials say the outbreak is growing rapidly. at least 90 people in 19 states, including d.c. have gotten sick. the most common symptoms of salmonella poisoning are diarrhea, abdominal cramps and fever. the illness can be life threatening for people with weakened immune systems. right now the fda is working with the cdc and state officials to pinpoint the exact source. the cases were first reported in late february and continue to grow. again, that likely source from spicy tuna roll sushi. linda stow, abc 2 news. >>> and all new this morning, more charges have been filed against a college park student who warned on websites he was going on a rampage. 19-year-old alexander song is now charged with misuse of e- mail, disturbing the peace and other offenses. song is barred from campus but is not behind bars. last month he warned on a website that he would

my friend from connecticut, ms. delauro, already mentioned the united states conference of catholic bishops. they wrote, as pastors and teachers, we remind congress that these, meaning the budget decisions, are economic, political and moral choices with human consequences. please respectfully they urge, reject any efforts to reduce funds or restructure programs in ways that harm struggling families and people living in poverty. i thank my colleagues so much for shedding this bright light for shedding this bright light on this

reported on the ramp to exit at connecticut. southbound 270 nice and clear right now headed for the leap divide. 395 in both the express lane and the main line. no trouble spots to report out to the 14th street bridge. that's a check of your fox 5 on-timetraffic. imetraffic. >>> people in sicily say they are not surprised about the eruption from italy's mount etna volcano because red lava is flowing down the slopes for the fisk time this year. for nearly -- for the fifth time this year. mount etna glowed bright orange from the eruption. it is not causing any disrung to nearby airport operations or air traffic. >>> the pope kicks off holy week with a palm sunday ceremony. thousands gathered in st. peter's square to hear the holy father. pope benedict xvi is 84. last week on his trip to mexico, we saw him using a cane in public for the first time. >>> here in our area, catholics marched with palms at the franciscan monastery. the last supper is remembered at holy thursday. good friday commemorates the crucifixion and easter sunday

connecticut, guess what, you're going to have to fight, too. what a fight it's going to be in this state. i know you believe, too, that even in this state with that kind of message, with that economic message, with women that are caring about the economy, with all that are caring about deficits, that we can win. and so god bless you all and god bless america. thank you so much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] national captioning institute] [captions

the connecticut senate voted early today to repeal the death penalty.. and replace it with life in prison without the possibility of parole. the measure now moves to the connecticut house, where it's expected to pass. governor dannel malloy has promised to sign the bill into law. illinois, new jersey, and new mexico have all abolished the death penalty in recent years.. and new york's death penality law was declared un- constitutional. sky news in england is acknowledging today it hacked into peope's email accounts. the station says it allowed an employee to access the email's of people suspected of criminal activity... in a case where a man faked his own death. it also says it let a journalist access the email of a suspected pedophile and his wife. these revelations come after a phone-hacking scandal brought down the "news of the world" tabloid. these developments have also seriously damaged the reputation of rupert murdoch. his son recently resigned as chairman of sky news' parent company. a nationwide salmonella outbreak sickens eight people in illino

they head straight out connecticut avenue at the moment. what they didn't know at the time hinckley's final shot, the sixth one, had ricochetted off the back quarter panel of the limousin. actually they recovered the black paint and matched that off the bullet that was later removed from the president and as reagan is diving hits him right here around here and lo >> we're going to get in the taxi and follow the ride of the limousin. do you think this is roughly the way it was parked. >> pretty close this, direction like this, out there towards t street and the rear door, rear part of the limo was almost touching the sidewalk. remember, the sidewalk is actually was so right about here is probably where the door was. all right. so you're going to go out here and you're going to make a left down connecticut and then you're going to make a right, you know, continue connecticut down 17th street and then make a right on pennsylvania. can you do that? >> so paint us the picture inside the limo while we're driving here. >> jerry parr, the agent, lo

you are going to go out here and make a left down connecticut and then make a right on, continue connecticut down 17th street. and then make a right on pennsylvania. can you do that? >> so, paint us the picture inside the limo while we are driving here? >> jerry parr, the agent looks out the window. sees there is a pop mark on that door, that window where the bullet has, your window. and he also notices the three guys down on the sidewalk as they pull away. he goes this is bad, a shooting. props reagan up in the seat you are in. reagan is like this, like a tired basketball player. and he runs his body, inside his, coat, and his hand, through his hair to check to see if there is blood. no blood. he feels good. he tells the driver to tell, on his radio. jerry parr lost his radio. bust off from the sleeve mike in the melee, lost his transponder. he can't use the radio. he tells the driver to use the microphone here to radio to headquarters that they're heading become to the white house. actually use the code word, crown. and he takes the radio from, drew, and says rawhide is okay. rawhide is ok

they drive away and head out this way towards connecticut avenue at that moment.hat they didn't know is hinkly's final shot, the sixth one had ricocheted off the back quarter panel of the limousine. they recovered the black paint and it matches the limousine, as reagan diving, it hits him right here in the side, right about here, and lodges an inch from his heart. >> we're going to get into a taxi and follow the ride of the limousine. do you think this is roughly the way it was parked? it's roughly pretty close. it was out there towards "t" street and the rear door, the rear part of the limo was almost touching the sidewalk. remember, the sidewalk is smaller here than it actually was, so right about here is probably where the door was. all right, so you're going to go out here and you'll make a left down connecticut and then you'll make a right on continue connecticut down 17th street and then make a right on pennsylvania. can you do that? >> so, paint us the picture inside the limo while we're driving. >> the agent, jerry parr, looks out the window and sees there

he will speak with workers in connecticut around -- speaking with workers in connecticut around noon and host a town hall meeting and jeanedel is thought to be one -- ginnedel is -- jindal is expect to be a vice presidential candidate. >>> a large group of kids storm a gas station stealing everything they can grab. one person comes into the convenience store and a second and pretty soon a large group packs the shop. an employee called police but the kids came back and started to throw things at hit. he scared them off with a baseball bat. police are searching for the kids in the video. >>> a woman from texas is expecting -- expecting a baby but lost her job. she was teaching at a christian adad mi when -- academy when she became pregnant and they let her go because she was not married. head master tells us that the school -- that miss samford violated the morality clause because she was not a christian role model. >> how is it going to look to a little 4th grade girl that sees that she is pregnant and she is not married. >> we all have different views and interpretations and it's not

in connecticut, flames burned alongside railroad tras. that caused the suspension some of amtrak and local commuter service. in new york city, a fire on staten island could be seen from midtown manhattan making for smokey, unhealthy area. and then on nearby long island, at least two homes and a commercial building reportedly burned. >>> a much lighter note in new york city. it's apparently become the new hangout for a goat. that's right. her owner says coco is much happier spending time in the big apple than on the farm. who wouldn't be? it's times square. like any real commuter, get a taste of new york city hopping on the subway to some stunned fellow passengers. at the white house, president obama presided over the 134th annual easter egg roll. and that was just part of the fun. first lady michelle and daughter sasha and malia joined the president in the reading of "where the wild things are" to the kids. the president also joined the harlem globetrotters for a little basketball. some 30,000 people joined in on the post-holiday festivit

it's on ramp there to get to connecticut avenue and crews are on the scene. but first a heads-up for drivers who use highway 355 in frederick county. starting this morning at 8:00 the maryland state highway administration will close the northbound lane at dr. perry road. crews will be making some emergency repairs so northbound and southbound traffic will alternate using the other lane. the northbound lane will be reopened by 4:00 p.m. also rite of spring returns to the area this evening. the first of four crystal city 5 k races will be run in arlington, that means parts of several streets including crystal city drive, potomac avenue and 12th street will close. the races will be run every friday in april at 6:30 p.m.. so watch for those street closings between about 6:15 and 7:45. coming up in my next report, at 5:45. more on the accident in bethesda. back to you jess. >>> thank you monika. we've been combing through the day's daily deals emails and retailer websites to find you some deep discounts. and here are some of my favorites today. we're going to star

again, this is the ramp to northbound connecticut avenue. please use caution.ng to give you an update on the accident in ten minutes. aaron, over to you. >> thank you. >>> this morning, a lot of washingtonians hoping for a callback from central casting. netflix held a casting call in the district for its new tv series. it's called "house of cards." a lot of people waited in line inest sw for a chance to be on the original series starring kevin spacey. producers looking for extras to play lobbyists, politicians, hill staffers, and other washington jobs. >> it's fun. you goat meet interesting people. you get to see yourself in the movies sometimes. sometimes not. >> all right. there you go. sometimes, sometimes not. "house of cards" is the first originally produced series by netflix. it explores the british political scene toward the end of the margaret thatcher era. filming expected to begin this month in washington and baltimore. ♪ >>> the boss rocked verizon center. bruce springsteen and the e street band jammed out in front of a soldout audience. his 6th stop

thomas was arrested last year in connecticut and faces rape charges there.necticut agreed to extradite him to virginia to face charges here first. >>> we have learned that the suspect in yesterday's shooting spree in california does have some ties to northern virginia. 43-year-old juan go once lived in springfield. one of his brothers died in a car accident in virginia about a year ago. and court records show that he had no criminal history here. but in oakland, he is now accused of killing seven people and wounding three others at a university. police say he was kicked out of that school a few weeks ago. >>> and tomorrow the megamass over the megamillions lottery could become a little less messy. the lawyer says he has been in contact with the woman and there may be some sort of announcement tomorrow. wilson is the baltimore woman who says she has one of the three winning tickets from last friday's megamillions drawing and therefore a share of the jackpot $656 million. but wilson's co-workers at a mcdonald's up around baltimore are on record saying that win

calling for peninsula, rhode island and delaware and connecticut. we go back to d.c.ier is standing by with the latest results. >> bret: as expected mitt romney is one primary away from sweeping. he hosted a big rally in manchester, new hampshire. he has been declared the winner in four states. we are getting first results in new york. he is comfortable in front there. as romney spoke, newt gingrich addressed sports. he says he will be looking at his situation in the next few days. he wants to be a unifier and be helpful and the goal is clear. >> we're going to be here through the week but we are going to think carefully how we can be the most helpful to this country and we can make sure that, one, that barack obama is one-term president, period. >> bret: they are calling new york for mitt romney so he has won all five primaries tonight. gingrich also said tonight as of now we'll continue thinks north carolina events this week. don't forget. full recap of tonight's volunteering and look ahead to the general election 11:00 p.m. eastern. we'll hear from our panel and sp

just seconds after a customer stepped up to a counter at a connecticut 7-eleven, bam, look at this. an suv comes crashing through the front door. the car missed her by inches. then check this out -- the driver backs out and speeds away. come on. police caught up with the driver shortly after that incident and arrested him after he admitted he was drunk. he is due in court later this month. one lucky lady. whoa. >>> an 80-year-old woman managed to land a plane with her pilot husband dying beside her. this happened monday in northeastern wisconsin. helen collins' husband john was flying the twin-engine cessna when he had a heart attack. they were just six miles from the airport, and the plane was running out of fuel. that's when helen radioed for help and other pilots in the area told her what to do. >> she was confident. now she wanted to know if i was confident in her confidence. i said, well, if you're confident, i'm confident, i think we're confident, i think we can do this. >> a lot of the confidence, seems like. aside from bruises, helen collins is expected to be fine. her husba

rg3 notre dame ousted my connecticut huskies. 83-75. it went to overtime. >>> the nationals play their spring game in florida today but heading north. they'll take on the boston red sox in fort meyers at 1:35. tomorrow both teams will be here in d.c. for a final exhibition game at nationals park. look for mike hydeck in the stand. the nats open their season thursday afternoon in chicago. >>> the new orleans saints now have a lawyer. the n.f.l. players association hired legal counsel for the team in case it faces criminal charges related to the bounty scandal. former defensive coordinator gregg williams played players to knock opponents out of the game. he's been suspended indefinite. saints coach sean peyton has been suspended for the upcoming season. there's talk he will appeal. >>> nascar was in martinsville, virginia sunday for the fast relief 500. two laps to go. jimmy johnson, jeff gordon spin out. newman holds on to capture the checkered flapping, his first win of the year. >>> 6:24. still ahead, what motivated a mustache march th

it's a good the bad of the very very salon honestly i really i realized connecticut governor dan your malloy more oil is posed to poison excuse me to sign into law a measure to repeal the death penalty in connecticut for future crimes democratically controlled state senate will be voting on the bill later this week according to some of president pro tem donald williams should be enough votes to pass it and etiquette previously tried to repeal the death penalty in two thousand and nine that measure was vetoed by then governor jodi rell united states is the only western democracy to carry out a death penalty last year two thousand and eleven time other states followed in connecticut's footsteps. death penalty and you know it's. the bad guys in governor scott walker despite being declared unconstitutional on two separate occasions walker's voter id bill still managed to disenfranchise voters in yesterday's wisconsin primary and eighty seven year old woman was prevented from voting in a rock show i was confident she showed up at the polls without bringing her id however she had already re

connecticut down 17th street. then make a right on pennsylvania. can you do that? >> so, paint us the picture inside of the limo while we are driving here. >> so jerry par, the agent looks out to see the pock mark which has the bullet, your window. he also notices the three guys down the sidewalk as he pulls away and says this is bad. he props up reagan, and reagan is kind of like this, like a tired basketball player, and he runs the inside of the coat pocket and his hands through the hair to see if there is any blood, and he doesn't find any. so he tells the driver to tell on his radio that he lost his transponder in the maly -- mele, and they use the code word crown. he takes the radio from him and says that raw hide is okay. raw hide is okay. raw hide is ronald reagan's code name, and that is where i got the tite of of the book. >> raw hide is okay. follow up. raw hide is okay. >> do you want to go to the hospital or back to white house? >> we are going to crown. >> okay. >> back to the white house. back to the

beltway in maryland around connecticut avenue, it is pretty free of any traffic at this point as well and you are looking good through this span but we're picking up a bit of heavy traffic across the top side of the beltway between connecticut avenue and georgia avenue and this is just before that. you see picking up some heavy traffic as well around colesville road. 270 a pretty smooth ride but get august bit heavy as well if you are just heading out. >>> howard university has already canceled some of its games in the midst of the possible ncaa violations. a woman's tennis match against navy was canceled yesterday. students told fox 5 this questions about whether textbook vouchers were used inappropriately but the university has not confirmed those concerns. >>> an important warning from maryland health officials. they say some stores in maryland are selling an unapproved medicine called baxol. it is often marketed as a pediatric cold medicine. it contains an antibiotic that requires a prescription. the u.s. food and drug administering has issued an alert for the medication. >>> a ma

this is the view as you continue past connecticut avenue around towards 355. and on this inner loop coming from 270, i am seeing traffic moving at speed. we'll keep an eye out for you. no trouble spots to report leaving woodbridge headed across the occoquan. that's a check of your fox 5 on-time traffic. >> thank you. >>> our top stories this morning, police are working to solve a murder mystery out of prince george's county. >> this after a woman was found dead in a vacant apartment. melanie alnwick live at police headquarters with more on the investigation. >> reporter: good morning. police are going to have a very busy morning ahead of them today as they start to sort through the details of the evidence gathered yesterday. prince george's county police at this point aren't releasing a lot of information. they haven't even released the victim's name but they have said that, based on the evidence gathered so far, they do believe that the woman found inside that apartment was indeed murdered. the crime scene a vacant third floor apartment at the marlow plaza. t

. >>> the state legislature in connecticut voted to repeal the death penalty. the governor is expected to sign the law making connecticut the 17th state in the u.s. to end capital punishment. >>> in california, convicted mass murderer charles manson was denied parole for the 12th time. the 77-year-old will not be eligible for parole again for 15 years, when he will be about 92 years old. >>> in argentina, a mother fell to her knees in shock after finding her baby alive in a coffin in the morgue, 12 hours after she was declared dead. the baby girl was born three months premature, doctors thought she was stillborn, the mother insisted on seeing her, found alive, now improving, being called a miracle baby. >>> one of the top health headlines, a mystery virus similar to norovirus showing up in u.s. nursing homes. the sapovirus, thought to be rare, may be more common than thought and is on the rise in long-term care centers. it causes gastrointestinal symptoms. in the children, elderly or people with weakened immune system can lead to hospitalization or death. for m

in connecticut flames burned alongside railroad tracks that caused the suspension of some amtrak and commuter service. in new york city a fire on staten island could be seen from mid-town manhattan making for a smokey unhealthy area. in long island two homes and a commercial building burned. >>> on a much lighter note in new york city, it's become the new hang out for a goat. you don't see that every day. her owner says cocoa is much happier spending time in the big apple than on farm. even like a commuter she's hopping on to the subway. >>> and finally in oklahoma it was a hail storm that sound more like a shooting spree. grapefruit size hail smashed into one neighborhood. listen to that. at least two tornadoes were also reported. now for a look at your national and regional weather here's meteorologist bill karins. we hear of golf ball size hail but grapefruit size hail? >> baseball and softball goes through windshields, it does a lot of damage. nothing more impressive falling into a river. we were wondering about severe weather yesterday and how bad it would be. overall we didn't

i mean in connecticut, suburban connecticut, we are seeing food banks. >> connecticut is one of the wealthiesthiest per capta. we have about 7.8% unemployment. there are some rough patches. in the urban areas you expect but you go into suburban connecticut now and food banks are now a new reality. people lining up there are folks who either were in the middle class or clinging to their homes or whatever. but these priorities in this budget those folks at georgetown, they get it. and again, i think that the network of catholic charities that really fill so many gaps out there right now i mean they are appalled by these priorities. >> yeah, the ryan budget as we know, cuts every program affecting the poor eliminates medicaid as we know it, and then medicare as we know it and gives a huge new tax break to the wealthiest of americans and more mont to the penta gone, not let's. i want to ask congressman joe courtney our guest in studio, i want to ask you about the big issue the president was talking about yesterday. and that is the student loans unless depressed acts, the interest on student loans

is very close call for a customer at a connecticut convenience store. after a woman stepped to a counter, she was feeling lucky and an suv comes barreling through the front window. she jumps law up on the counter to get away. the driver was booked on suspicious of drunk driving. >> march was a banner month for chrysler. it was their best month since 2008. new vehicle sales increased 34% from a year earlier. that is the highest monthly total in four years. the favorite supermarket chain is right here in maryland. wegmans is top according to a new survey. there was a common complaint regarding insurance and check outs in most stores. the easter bunny is getting more generous. the job market is recovering. jane king has the bloomberg business report. >> good morning. men have now landed 80% of the non-farm jobs created since the end of the recession. the share of men saying the economy has improved jumped more than 40% last month. traditionally male-dominated fields like construction are working up from hibernation as the economy recovers. a growing number