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The NBA is headed to deadline day, with perhaps one last chance to avoid a lockout.

Jobless rates rose last month in more than half of the nation's largest metro areas, driven higher by weak private-sector hiring and natural disasters.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie starting taking victory laps Friday, touting a landmark employee benefits deal that requires public workers to contribute significantly more for pension and health benefits, bringing them in line with private sector workers.

A state panel recommended Thursday that Wisconsin lawmakers tweak state law to allow jobless people to collect an additional three months of federal unemployment benefits, ending a months-long stalemate over whether the benefits would encourage unemployment.

Colorado to end Medicaid coverage of circumcision

The core issues of wages and benefits remained unsettled in Pennsylvania on Wednesday as negotiations between the governor and the two largest state-employee unions stretched into a third straight day.