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Bad weather may be at least partly to blame for the relatively low number of jobs added to private payrolls last month. Economists expect to hear more about February's slow growth later this week.

A cold, snowy winter in most of the country hurt economic growth, but forecasters see conditions improving for the rest of the year.

There were 324,000 first-time claims for unemployment insurance last week, down 18,000 from the previous week's 342,000. Numbers on April's unemployment rate and job growth are due to be released Friday.

The man who helped rescue three young women and a little girl from a home where they had apparently been held captive for years wants any help to go to the victims, not him, Ramsey's attorney says.

Ramsey gained instant fame with his accounts of what happened after he heard cries for help from inside a Cleveland home where authorities say three young women had been held captive for about a decade. His tale famously included a mention of the Big Mac he'd been eating.

Making a good life as a bank robber would be hard and the yearly salary would be pretty average.

Readers share the subtle ways in which their parents introduced academic skills at home, and how they're carrying on that tradition.

It's not clear why the Philadelphia man left the building this way, descending more than a dozen floors in about three minutes.

The Hispanic Leadership Council held a forum Thursday night for Abilene City Council Place 5 candidates. Moderator Kevin Pantoja asked audience-submitted…

Nearly 40,000 union workers on the East Coast, who haven't had a contract since August, have walked out. Among other things, they object to outsourcing and two-month location transfers of employees.