The U.S. economy added 175,000 jobs in February.

Part-time workers dampen the otherwise good numbers in the Labor Department's monthly jobs snapshot.

Could the government solve the youth unemployment problem?

It's been nearly a year since Richard Crowe was laid off from his job as a steelworker. And because of the sequester, his unemployment check was cut 10 percent. But a new job might be in his future.

The sequester will mean cuts to the unemployment checks people depend on to pay bills.

Telling someone to cut their hair and get a job is an old cliche. But a Portland barbershop is doing just that for those who are down on their luck.

In a digital twist on the age-old practice of paying people to do odd jobs for you, new smartphone apps like TaskRabbit and Postmates allow you to hire your own personal assistants — to say, clean your home, buy your groceries or run errands.