Here are a couple of articles that show some more good news about our recession recovery.
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2014/06/employment-recovery-great-recession.html
Next, this article today describes how growth for the 2nd quarter of 2014 is expected to accelerate.
http://www.latimes.com/business/money/la-fi-business-economist-nabe-forecast-20140609-story.html
This first article compares recovery of various recessions to others in terms of the time it takes for employment numbers to exceed the figures pre-recession.