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Friday's news from the Labor Department offers a snapshot of an economy that's treading water. Employers added 175,000 jobs in May, and the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.6 percent. The numbers show "the ongoing slog in the labor market," one economist said.

In 24 hours, the Italian navy and aid groups rescued 6,500 people from wooden and rubber boats off the coast of Libya. The migrants did not have enough fuel to reach Europe.

U.S. employers added 428,000 jobs in April, as the unemployment rate held steady at 3.6%.

Prosecutors and sheriff's investigators still are deciding what charges could be filed against the Colorado parents suspected of falsely claiming that their 6-year-old son was inside a runaway helium balloon last week.

The U.S. Postal Service, facing a $6 billion deficit, has decided to end the last remaining backcountry airmail service in the lower 48 states. The service that some see as a crucial lifeline in Idaho's backcountry is scheduled to stop June 30.

Seventy-five years after the repeal of Prohibition, alcohol-related debates still flare up across the nation. In Alabama, beer with more than 6 percent alcohol is illegal. That means some of the most coveted brews in the world are off-limits. But that may soon change.

What should the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah be called? Nearly a dozen labels are emerging in the Arab and Israeli press, from "The 6th War" to "The Hezbollah War" to "The Latest Israeli Aggression." Some war watchers think the simple and neutral "The 2nd Lebanon War" will stick. But one Lebanese journalist points out that this name ignores his country's other conflicts.

Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian forces to observe the cease-fire for 36 hours starting Jan. 6. A Ukrainian official dismissed the move as "a cynical trap."

People who care for two or more dependents will be able to claim up to $6,000 in child care expenses starting next year.