The 2.8% jobless rate for veterans in October once again was better than the 4.1% rate for the general population, but the figure that stood out most from the monthly jobs report Friday was the stunning drop in job growth from 223,000 jobs added in September to just 12,000 in October. "It is likely that payroll employment estimates in some industries were affected by the hurricanes" that devastated the Southeast in October, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said in the jobs report release while