President Obama's administration announced $67 million in awards to organizations that will help people sign up for insurance under PPACA.

The stock market is opening lower after more disappointing news from blue-chip companies.

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 320,000, the fewest since October 2007 a sign of dwindling layoffs and steady if modest job growth.

Michigan state employees will not be forced to pay 4 percent of their income to participate in pensions, ruled a Michigan Court of Appeals. The decision upholds a lower court ruling from October 2012, and finds the entire 2011 law unconstitutional.