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When Connecticut lawmakers return to the state Capitol on Thursday, not only will they be asked to grant Gov. Dannel P. Malloy greater budget-cutting authority, now that state employees have defeated a labor-savings and concessions deal, but to also scale back some of the workers' future benefit

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia exercised a rarely used power last fall to let Philip Morris USA and three other big tobacco companies delay making multimillion-dollar payments for a program to help people quit smoking.

Health insurer Humana Inc. says it will begin testing all Arizona job applicants for tobacco use, and those who light up won't get the gig.

The NBA is headed to deadline day, with perhaps one last chance to avoid a lockout.

Managed care company Aetna Inc. spent about $1.1 million in the first quarter lobbying the federal government on the health care overhaul and other topics.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and players' union chief DeMaurice Smith took questions Wednesday at a symposium for NFL rookies, who wanted to know the same thing as everyone else unhappy about the league's labor dispute.