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The Winter Games are heading to Italy, and the U.S. team is looking strong. You have legends like Lindsey Vonn and Hilary Knight trying for one last medal. You also have young talents doing things we ...

The BLS released its delayed jobs report Wednesday showing that the US added 130,000 jobs in January, and unemployment ticked down to 4.3%.