All Stories from January 22, 2012 (Change date)
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Leaving a job? Take your 401(k) with youJan 22, 2012 6:00 am - NEW YORK — Don't forget to take your 401(k) on the way out. As the job market picks up, one of the most important loose ends to tend to when changing jobs is your workpl...
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Major youth groups make headway against sex abuseJan 22, 2012 5:36 am - NEW YORK — The Boy Scouts have labored for decades to curtail sexual abuse of scouts by adult volunteers. But when their name was evoked in a lawsuit linked to the Penn ...
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Apartheid’s black-on-black divide slower to healJan 22, 2012 5:36 am - BELA BELA, South Africa — The shantytown called Vingerkraal seems trapped in South Africa’s apartheid past. Tin shacks resemble those hurriedly built by blacks evicted f...
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Taxes: Individual, capital gains rates unchanged for 2012Jan 22, 2012 5:11 am - As Americans receive their first paychecks of the new year, there are some tax provisions they can count on. Individual tax rates will be the same for 2012 as they were ...
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Taxes: All 2011 unemployment insurance benefits taxableJan 22, 2012 5:11 am - The jobless rate is dipping, but millions of people are still out of work. And that could have implications when they file their income tax returns. Collecting unemploym...
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Economy threatens primate haven in TexasJan 22, 2012 5:05 am - The approach to the Born Free USA Primate Sanctuary in Dilley, Texas, has an ominous look: lonely dirt road, padlocked gate, a sign warning “Not Open to the Public.” In...
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Golden retrievers offer clue to human skin diseaseJan 22, 2012 5:05 am - Thanks to inbreeding, dogs are more like us than ever before. Take the golden retriever. In the past few years, the breed has begun to suffer from one of a cluster of ra...
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How to be courteous to job applicantsJan 22, 2012 5:04 am - We all know how critical it is for applicants to exhibit and maintain great manners when applying for jobs. However, as one of my readers recently pointed out, we don’t ...
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Des Plaines recognizes lifesaversJan 22, 2012 5:00 am - Des Plaines city officials this week recognized a police officer and several firefighters for saving residents' lives. Among those receiving the Life Saving Award was Of...
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Indy kicks off Super maniaJan 22, 2012 5:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS — Indianapolis won't ever be mistaken for Miami's South Beach or New Orleans' Bourbon Street, but visitors headed to the Circle City for the Super Bowl will...