Labor

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Job seekers line up to register to attend a job fair in Atlanta on Thursday, May 30, 2013. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Sen. Susan M. Collins, Maine Republican, said employers should be allowed to calculate full-time employees based on a 40-hour workweek instead of 30 hours under the new health law. "This is not a hypothetical concern," Ms. Collins said. (Associated Press)

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Michael Hastings, an award-winning journalist and war correspondent shown in an undated photo, died early Tuesday, June 18, 2013, in a car accident in Los Angeles, his employer and family said. (AP Photo/Blue Rider Press/Penguin)

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**FILE** A banner supporting Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, is displayed at Central, Hong Kong's business district, on June 17, 2013. (Associated Press)

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** FILE ** Job seekers at a recent Los Angeles career fair were less likely than before the recession to find full-time work. Starting Jan. 1, larger employers must provide health care benefits to those who put in at least 30 hours a week. (Associated Press)