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Life expectancy in the United States fell in 2008, the first full year of a grueling recession that saw mixed effects, both good and bad, on the nation’s health, according to new government data.

As the economy shows troubling signs of another slowdown, some economists are beginning to worry about the possibility of a "double-dip" recession.

Yes, if you go by the textbook. But it gets hazy if you look at other indicators.

A Wisconsin dad drives all the way to Kansas each week to hang on to a job in tough times.

On the recession's front lines, governors are struggling to chart the road ahead for states staggered by unrelenting joblessness and cut-to-the-bone budgets even as Washington reports signs of economic growth.

"The worst probably is yet to come," warned Gov. Jim Douglas, R-Vt., chairman of the National Governors Association, at the group's meeting Saturday. He called the situation "fairly poor" in most states, adding that it "doesn't look too good."

Despite a bad economy, the city is set to have the fewest number of homicides in a 12-month period since 1962.

Hunger is spreading while the number of homeless families is increasing as a result of the recession and other factors, according to a report on Tuesday.

President Barack Obama will lay out policy proposals to combat double-digit unemployment in a speech on Tuesday tackling an economic problem that has become a political drain on his young administration.

President Obama said Monday the public and private sectors must find more ways to create jobs to continue the U.S. climb out ...

Mucking out sewers, freezing on crab boats and scraping up roadkill hardly qualify under most traditional definitions of entertainment.