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NEW JERSEY 101.5 Furloughing federal workers in last month's partial federal shutdown cost the government 6.6 million work days, according to a White House budget office report Thursday.

If Twitter's bankers and executives were hoping for a surge on the day of the stock's public debut, they got it. The stock opened at $45.10 a share on its first day of trading, 73 percent above its initial offering price.

Heart-clogging trans fats have been slowly disappearing from grocery aisles and restaurant menus in the last decade. Now, the Food and Drug Administration is finishing the job.

Police say a third person has died following a shooting at a Detroit barbershop known for gambling that wounded several other people.

Even with the recent government shutdown, continuing uncertainty in Washington, and less than stellar employment news, the stock market keeps climbing.

There are six fewer shopping days between Thanksgiving and Christmas this year, so many retailers are rolling out deals and promotions before many folks have even finished their Halloween candy.

Senators from President Barack Obama's own party pressed him in person on Wednesday to extend the enrollment deadline for Americans to sign up for health insurance because of the malfunctioning website.

Prodded to be more candid with Congress, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said Wednesday the administration's flawed health care website needed a couple of hundred fixes when it went online more than a month ago and conceded, "we're not there yet" in making all needed repairs.

Wearing black, RIchard Shoop walked into Garden State Plaza in Paramus on Monday night and opened fire. Police speculate that he wanted to be killed via "suicide by cop."

As millions of people get notices from their insurance companies that their current health care policies will no longer exist, there are proposals from both parties in Congress for legislation that would keep existing insurance policies in place under the new health care law.