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Home sales rose sharply last month and claims for jobless benefits fell last week. The two reports Thursday sketched a picture of a modestly improving economy.

The measure passes the Senate and House largely along partisan lines, with most Republicans opposed. By Richard Simon President Obama signed an extension of jobless benefits for the long-term unemployed Thursday night that will allow those whose aid ...

It's a quirk in the federal rules that's most likely hurting thousands who have been searching for work for more than a year. In the first year of unemployment, the size of the benefit check is based on your old salary.

Hundreds of thousands of jobless Americans could face further financial strain in coming weeks after Congress failed to extend the unemployment benefits that help them pay the bills while they look for work.

A nearly $140 billion bill to extend unemployment benefits and a host of expiring tax cuts cleared a procedural hurdle Tuesday in the Senate on a vote of 66-34, setting up passage of the bill possibly later in the day.

Depending on extended unemployment benefits to see you through the Great Recession?

The number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest total in a month, a sign the job market may be improving.

The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the job market recovers at a slow and uneven pace.

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to the lowest level in over a year.

About one million laid-off workers will see their benefits end in January unless federally paid extensions get renewed.