The Supreme Court is plunging into a three-day debate on the Obama administration's overhaul of the nation's health care system. In the opening minutes, the justices are asking pointed questions about a legal issue that could derail the case.

According to new research from Civic Ventures, 31 million people ages 44 to 70 want encore careers combining personal meaning, continued income and social impact, but they have trouble making the financial transition.

The U.S. Department of Labor is awarding a $5 million National Emergency Grant to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry to provide re-employment services to roughly 1,000 workers affected by the closure of two area oil refineries.

U.S. health insurers have had to post explanations of 186 individual health insurance rate increases on the Web since new federal rate review rules took effect Sept. 1, 2011.