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NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says the Hall of Fame game between St. Louis and Chicago has been canceled despite owners voting in favor of a tentative deal to end the lockout, pending player approval.

Less than a month before recall elections, Wisconsin Senate Republicans struggled Thursday with how to respond to bipartisan pressure for them to vote on a bill extending unemployment benefits.

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.

Ohio voters will have the chance this November to decide whether the state's contentious new collective bargaining law should be repealed.

A person familiar with the NFL negotiations tells The Associated Press that players will not vote Wednesday on a deal to end the lockout.

Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton signed a new budget Wednesday, ending the nation's longest state government shutdown in the past decade.