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Steep drop in jobless rate spawns conspiracy

WASHINGTON – Sasquatch might as well have traipsed across the White House lawn Friday with a lost Warren Commission file on his way to the studio where NASA staged the moon landing.

Conspiracy theorists came out in force after the government reported a sudden drop in the U.S. unemployment rate one month before Election Day.

Their message: The Obama administration would do anything to ensure a November victory, including manipulating unemployment data.

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