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MN Adds 15.5K Jobs, Unemployment Rate Dips to 5.6%

The state's employment-driven by the private sector-continued to grow in January; still, government jobs continued their decline, and some of the drop in unemployment may be attributed to decreased labor force participation.

Target Sales Surge in Feb., Beat Expectations

The discount retailer said that same-store sales-sales at stores open at least a year and a key industry barometer-jumped 7 percent last month, and net retail sales rose 8 percent to $5.1 billion.