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How to track the lost unemployment dollars

What the loss of extended unemployment means for 1.3 million Americans and the economy.

Pro-Russian separatists launch attacks on election offices

At least 13 government soldiers were killed in Eastern Ukraine.

Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director

After Almost 13-Hour Filibuster, Senate Confirms John Brennan for CIA Director

Florida attorney general seeks to snuff out marijuana proposal

Attorney General Ashley Moody is urging the Florida Supreme Court to reject a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow recreational use of marijuana by people 21 and older, arguing a ballot summary would be “misleading to voters in several key respects.”

Secret Message In An Econ Textbook, Finally Decoded

A curious series of hieroglyphics appears in the first pages of the classic 1984 textbook, Lectures on Macroeconomics. Recently experts decoded the symbols and were surprised to find a poem. NPR's Scott Simon speaks with the book's co-author, Olivier Blanchard, and his daughter, Serena. Ms. Blanchard was just 8 years old when she wrote the verse that has puzzled economics students for generations.