Groups of friends and/or schoolmates who remember the good old days bond together to share costs and responsibilities, all the while proving 14 can live as cheaply as one.

The number of people applying for U.S. unemployment benefits slipped 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 339,000, the fifth straight decline that shows businesses see little need to cut jobs.

Bowing to pressure, President Barack Obama on Thursday announced changes to his health care law to give insurance companies the option to keep offering consumers plans that would otherwise be canceled.

The new 2013 figures from the Census Bureau underscore the impact of the sluggish economy on young people.