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When the glow fades for those couples planning to wed Sunday when gay marriage becomes legal in New York, they will see a new reality: They won't be getting the same benefits as heterosexual couples.

House Speaker John Boehner predicted Thursday that a majority of House Republicans will end up supporting some kind of compromise as the Senate began debating a House-passed effort to tie an increase in the debt ceiling to conservative demands for a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution.

Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay says he expects NFL teams to vote Thursday on a tentative deal to end the league's labor dispute.

A private research group forecast that the economy will grow slowly as summer turns into fall — if U.S. politicians can agree to raise the amount the government can borrow.

More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, evidence that layoffs are rising and the job market is weak.

Pharmacy benefits manager Medco Health Solutions Inc., which said Thursday it will combine with its biggest competitor, said its profit fell 4 percent in the second quarter.

MetLife is exploring the sale of its bank business because, while it represents only a small portion of overall income, the company must be regulated as a bank holding company, the insurer said Thursday.

The Senate has taken up tea party-backed House legislation tying an increase in the government's borrowing authority to a series of conservative demands including a constitutional balanced budget amendment.