The unexpectedly strong numbers jolted markets higher from the start of trading.

NPR: Stocks Surge To New Highs After Hiring Climbs

Burns connected with an uppercut that jolted the Puerto Rican's head, yet the man from Vega Baja merely looked annoyed with himself.

BBC: Incomparable drama in Glasgow on Burns' night

The bad jobs numbers from last Friday, which showed unemployment increasing to 9.8%, jolted partisans in both parties to move towards some resolution of the tax issue.

WSJ: Debt Ceiling Enters Tax Debate

Fiscal and monetary stimulus, which jolted domestic demand, has caused China's current-account surplus to narrow dramatically, from 10.1% of GDP in 2007 to a projected 2.9% this year, according to Nomura, a financial services group, which sees it almost disappearing by 2013.

ECONOMIST: Free trade and the yuan

With only the genetic material from the person to be cloned inside the shell of the egg, the cell would be jolted with electricity to activate cell division.

CNN: Group says it will move human cloning work offshore