All Stories from August 19, 2012 (Change date)
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Profile: Trying to see into the heart of Mitt RomneyAug 19, 2012 7:30 am - Editor's note: Part of a series of profiles of the major figures in this year's presidential race. Long before Mitt Romney became the millionaire candidate from Massachu...
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Profile: Obama no longer a blank slateAug 19, 2012 7:30 am - Editor's note: Part of a series of profiles of the major figures in this year's presidential race. Nearly four years after Barack Obama was elected to the most powerful ...
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Work advice: How an overweight worker can deal with a workplace bullyAug 19, 2012 7:29 am - Editor’s note: Karla L. Miller writes an advice column on navigating the modern workplace. Each week she will answer one or two questions from readers. Q: I am a big guy...
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Oil boom brings scarcity of workers in small townsAug 19, 2012 7:19 am - WOODWARD, Okla. — The local prison is so short on guards that inmates can sometimes just walk away. A gas station barely has enough cashiers to keep up with the trucks f...
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Profile: Biden a regular and not-so-regular JoeAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - Editor's note: Part of a series of profiles of the major figures in this year's presidential race. After Joe Biden tripped up his boss by voicing support for same-sex ma...
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Profile: Paul Ryan: Wisconsin roots, Washington cloutAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - Since his youth, Paul Ryan has shown a knack for eliciting mixed feelings. Classmates at Joseph A. Craig High School in Janesville, Wis., bestowed on him the dubious tit...
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The thrilling (and welcome?) demise of GrouponAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - A year ago, Rakesh Agrawal, an analyst and journalist who spent many years working in the local advertising business, wrote a series of devastating articles about Groupo...
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Profile: Ann Romney proudly owns stay-at-home mom imageAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - Editor's note: Part of a series of profiles of the major figures in this year's presidential race. To the yearbook editors at the all-girl Kingswood School, Ann Lois Dav...
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Profile: The person and the persona of Michelle ObamaAug 19, 2012 7:00 am - Editor's note: Part of a series of profiles of the major figures in this year's presidential race. She is 5-foot-11 and world famous. Sometimes she inspires awe in her a...
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Getting kids ready to fly soloAug 19, 2012 6:59 am - NEW YORK — Should you let your child fly alone? Parents may wonder after a couple alleged last week that their 10-year-old daughter flying to summer camp was stranded at...