Legislation President Barack Obama is set to sign Friday would extend unemployment insurance benefits by 14 weeks for jobless people in all states who have exhausted their benefits. The jobless living in 27 states, plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have unemployment rates of 8.5 percent or higher would receive an additional six weeks. States receiving the additional benefits: _Alabama _Arizona _California _Florida _Georgia _Idaho _Illinois _Indiana _Kentucky _Maine _Massachusetts _Michigan _Mississippi _Missouri _Nevada _New Jersey Continued... |