All Stories from October 30, 2011 (Change date)
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State budget cuts clog criminal justice systemOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - ATLANTA — Prosecutors are forced to ignore misdemeanor violations to pursue more serious crimes. Judges are delaying trials to cope with layoffs and strained staffing le...
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Companies focus on worker health to curb costsOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - INDIANAPOLIS — More employers are giving workers the option to tame health insurance costs for next year if they provide a blood sample and reveal details about their he...
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‘Welcome Dayton’ Ohio city makes it a policy to encourage immigrants to comeOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - DAYTON, Ohio — On the same afternoon thousands of Hispanics in Alabama took the day off to protest the state’s strict new immigration law, Mexican-born Francisco Mejia w...
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The IPO market, an engine of job growth, stallsOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - NEW YORK — Two companies with quirky names, Ubiquiti Networks and Zeltiq Aesthetics, made their public debuts earlier this month with listings on the Nasdaq Stock Market...
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Price matters for holiday 2011 seasonOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - NEW YORK — Forget style, quality and customer service. This holiday season, all that matters is price. A week before Halloween and two full months before Christmas, stor...
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Ethan Coen to debut 3 new one-act plays next monthOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - NEW YORK — Ethan Coen has another set of one-act plays on the way. The Atlantic Theater Company said that the Academy Award winner — best known in the film world as half...
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It’s open (enrollment) season on tax savingsOct 30, 2011 5:06 am - NEW YORK — Grumbling about taxes is a national preoccupation. Yet workers forgo thousands of dollars in tax savings every year. The oversight happens despite the weeks-l...
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Skunks undeserving of ‘nuisance’ labelOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Skunks undeserving of ‘nuisance’ label Skunks serve a purpose. They eat grubs. If you eliminate the skunks, you will see more Japanese beetles destroy your lovely g...
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Find ways to reward the generousOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - Greed, in our world culture, affects and infects us both passively and actively. Greed is the primary cause of war, abortion, murder motivated by prejudice, and it is es...
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Most investors don’t get rich on stocksOct 30, 2011 5:00 am - This is in response to David Hrdlicka’s Sept. 28 letter concerning “wealthy people living off the fat of the land” when paying only 15 percent capital gains tax. Where d...