Americans are on the move again after putting their lives on hold and staying put. More young adults are leaving their parents' homes to take a chance with college or the job market, while once-sharp declines in births are leveling off and poverty is slowing.

A new study shows low-income smokers in New York spend 25 percent of their income on cigarettes, a finding that led a smokers' rights advocate to say it proves high taxes are regressive and ineffective.

A college in North Dakota's booming oil patch said Wednesday it will stop housing foreign workers who are part of a program meant to fill temporary jobs, leaving service industry businesses wondering how they will find employees in a city with a massive housing shortage and just 1 percent unemployment.

Seventy-two percent of global employers are still struggling with attracting and retaining critical-skill employees while 60 percent are having trouble attracting and retaining high-potential employees they believe are necessary to increase global competitiveness, according to a new survey conducted by global professional services company Towers Watson and WorldatWork, an international...