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FEMA and the FCC will test the National Emergency Alert System on October 4. You'll hear tones go off on your phone, radio, and TV. There's no need to panic!

Almost 10,000 New Jersey workers are owed more than $7 million in back wages by employers or former employers, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

NEW JERSEY 101.5 Furloughing federal workers in last month's partial federal shutdown cost the government 6.6 million work days, according to a White House budget office report Thursday.

Americans' confidence in the economy fell this month to the lowest level since April, as many worried about the impact of a 16-day partial government shutdown. The decline could weigh on spending and economic growth.

Time growing desperately short, Senate leaders took command of efforts to avert a Treasury default and end the partial government shutdown Tuesday night after a last big attempt by House Republicans abruptly collapsed.

About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and 202,000 surviving spouses and dependents will see pension payments stopped.

The federal government reported a rare surplus of $116.5 billion in June, the largest in five years. The gain kept the nation on track for its lowest annual deficit in five years.

If you were upset yesterday over filing your taxes, especially if you had to pay the Federal Government, here's a movie clip from the classic movie 'Goodfellas' that pretty much not only sums up paying the mob but paying the government as well.

President Barack Obama has signed into law a bill raising the government's borrowing limit, averting a default and delaying the next clash over the nation's debt until later this year.

The Justice Department's use of electronic devices to intercept phone numbers, email addresses and online information has climbed by 64 percent since 2009.