U.S. civilian joblessness had stayed at 7.3 percent in April, the government said, with the pool of unemployed Americans holding at more than 8.4 million. It was the first time in a year that the rate was unchanged for three months running.

After five days of testimony, peppered with arguments and objections, attorneys for the Kansas securities commissioner rested their case against a nationwide culture-growing operation. Meanwhile, attorneys fighting to keep the culture business alive in Kansas asked the hearing examiner to halt the administrative proceeding, saying the state had not provided enough evidence to continue a case including the controversial Culture Farms Inc. of Lawrence.

About 100 vehicles splattered by oil from a “chip and seal” surfacing on 31st Street were being cleaned at the city’s expense at three local businesses.