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Growth will remain low and consumers will be cautious as long unemployment stays high, economists say. And as long as consumers remain frugal, companies will be reluctant to hire aggressively. But is a modest rate of growth of 2 percent to 3 percent better for the U.S. in the long run?

By advancing its primary date to Jan. 31, Florida makes it virtually certain the four traditional early states — Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada — will now move their caucuses and primaries to earlier in January. Other primaries will shift forward, too. Campaigns will have less downtime around the holidays.

Did you really think the apples you lifted out of a wooden crate at a grocery store came from a local farm? Think again. As Martin Lindstrom explains in his new book, Brandwashed, companies use many tricks to manipulate our minds and persuade us to buy.

Federal agents, who have been raiding cornfields and vineyards in the Central Valley in California, are now going after the landlords — threatening to seize buildings where marijuana is sold and farmland where it's grown. The collision between state and federal law is creating confusion and panic among both landowners and medical marijuana users.

The Dow fell more than 400 points, following the lead of European markets. The selloff comes amid renewed concern over the financial sector.

It's been a week since Adam Lanza went on a horrific shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., killing 20 children and six adults. Authorities have been combing through evidence trying to piece together an explanation of why Lanza did what most consider the unthinkable.

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN about the NFL playoffs — which games to watch and which teams to watch out for.

It could take months to lay off state workers under their current union contracts, but Gov. Scott Walker has warned that up to 1,500 workers could lose their jobs by July if a bill eliminating most collective bargaining rights isn't passed soon.

Residents of Corcoran, Calif., an agricultural community with a high unemployment rate, question whether the state's high-speed rail line will move its economy forward or leave a trail of unpaid bills. A state legislator is leading the call for reassessing the plan.

President Obama has been criticized for not leading with a major proposal to cut federal spending, letting Republicans go first. But now he is able to present his own proposal as a response to the most controversial aspects of the GOP plan, the cuts to entitlements and no tax increases for the rich.