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Health insurer Humana Inc. says it will begin testing all Arizona job applicants for tobacco use, and those who light up won't get the gig.

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

Managed care company Aetna Inc. spent about $1.1 million in the first quarter lobbying the federal government on the health care overhaul and other topics.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players' union chief DeMaurice Smith took questions Wednesday at a symposium for NFL rookies, who wanted to know the same thing as everyone else unhappy about the league's labor dispute.

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.

With little time to spare before a state government shutdown, Democratic Gov. Mark Dayton and top Republican lawmakers turned Tuesday to one of the most disputed areas of the unfinished state budget — health and welfare programs.