Medicaid enrollment spikes to 48M in weak economy

A record number of Americans signed up for Medicaid last year, as the recession wiped out jobs and workplace health coverage....

Stocks Rise After Unemployment Report

Simon Constable from WallStreetJournal.com analyzes the market.

Jobs Bill Fails Again In Senate

Deficit concerns once again trumped jobless aid in the Senate as Republicans, a lone Democrat and Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) on Thursday evening defeated an urgent bill to reauthorize expired several expired domestic aid programs...

14 states unemployment rate hits 10%

With the recession never seeming to end, and jobless numbers rising, 14 states now claim unemployment has hit 10%...