http://qui.live.mediaspanonlinen.com/rss/ Quincy Herald Whig en-us THE NATIONAL economy is showing a surprising ability to push forward against strong headwinds that many feared would led to a deep and prolonged slowdown in growth. Dale McFeatters, writing for Scripps-Howard News Service, is rightly encouraged by indicators that are less negative than anticipated. For the fourth straight month, he notes, the economy lost jobs in April, but that figure was less than expected -- 21,000 rather than the 75,000 many anticipated and well down from the 81,000 jobs lost in March. While some job sectors were hard hit, gains were posted in many others, pushing the unemployment rate down to 5 percent from 5.1 -- not much, but still a turn in the right direction. http://qui.live.mediaspanonline.com/new_story/Wednesday-editorial---5-7