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There are fresh signs today that the economy is picking up after a brutal winter slowed growth. The Labor Department says employers added 288,000 jobs in April. The nation's unemployment rate dropped to 6.3 percent. While that's the lowest level in five years, it was due mainly to the exodus of people who stopped looking for work...

Fall River Mayor William A. Flanagan is asking President Obama to intervene in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's approval of the painkiller Zohydro. In a letter released Monday, Flanagan urged the president to ask FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg to either order San Diego-based drugmaker Zogenix to reformulate the drug or mandate its removal from the market entirely...

President Obama and Vice President Joe Biden are touting job training programs. Speaking at a community college in Pennsylvania, the President said more people need to be trained for better jobs. He unveiled plans to provide hundreds of millions of dollars for job training programs...

The White House says President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama paid just over $98,000 in taxes on income of nearly half a million dollars last year. The couple's 2013 income tax returns were posted on the White House website four days before the tax filing deadline...

At least four people are reported dead in a mass shooting at Fort Hood in Texas.

President Obama is applauding a milestone in the evolution of the Affordable Care Act.  A last-minute surge pushed enrollment in HealthCare.gov to more than seven-million people.  Speaking in the Rose Garden, the President said millions of people have been able to find quality, affordable health insurance and "peace of mind...

President Obama calls his meeting with Pope Francis extremely moving.  In Rome, the President said he and the Pope share common goals of improving the quality of life for millions of people around the world.  Obama and the Pontiff met for nearly an hour at the Vatican...

The Boston Red Sox will be celebrating their World Series championship with President Barack Obama next week.       The White House announced Tuesday the president has invited the team for a ceremony on April 1. The Red Sox open their season against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards on March 31...

President Barack Obama has signed a new law that will give hundreds of thousands of homeowners living in flood-prone areas relief from big jumps in insurance costs.       Lawmakers from both parties supported the measure in response to angry homeowners who faced sharp premium hikes after an overhaul of the government's flood insurance program two years ago...

President Barack Obama says New Hampshire has a ``great senator'' in Democrat Jeanne Shaheen but he'd be ``happy'' if her possible challenger, former Massachusetts Republican Sen.  Scott Brown, wants to move to Texas because moderate Republicans are needed in other parts of the country...