Unemployment check may not come quickly

Tennessee's unemployment offices are so swamped that they can't get all the checks issued on time. They're working on it, the state says.

If you need to apply for unemployment, check out these tips to make it easier. You might want to cross your fingers, too.

And if you're in one of those oddball situations -- you're not completely without work, but you've been furloughed for a week or two, or your boss has chopped your hours, or you've been laid off but you managed to pick up a few days of work -- then you may want to take a look at how your unemployment benefits will be affected.