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AARP cancels Florida sweepstakes, blames new state gambling law
Miami HeraldSorry, grandma and grandpa. The AARP is blocking Florida residents from participating in its Perfect Path to Retirement $50,000 Giveaway and its forthcoming Grandparents Day Photo Contest because, the group says, of a new state law cracking down on...Tags: Executive Branch, Crime, Law and Justice, Chuck E. Cheese (fictional animal), Politics, Laws
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Gov. Scott Walker signs work-share measure
Milwaukee Journal SentinelWisconsin's employers would get flexibility to lower the hours of a group of workers instead of laying off just a few of them, under a bill signed Friday by Gov. Scott Walker. The legislation also would bring in a modest amount of federal tax dollars...Tags: Executive Branch, Politics, Unemployment Benefits, Employment, Unemployment
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Virginia's jobless rate lowest in 4 1/2 years
Richmond Times-DispatchVirginia's unemployment rate fell slightly in April to 5.2 percent -- the lowest it has been in 4 1/2 years. The jobless rate dropped from the 5.3 percent rate in March and the 5.9 percent rate in April 2012, the Virginia Employment Commission...Tags: Unemployment Rate, Labor Markets, Employment, Career and Workplace, Richmond (Richmond, Virginia)
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Accrued sick time weighs on city budget
The Pittsburgh Tribune-ReviewIt stung when Pittsburgh police lost the right to amass a treasure chest of unused sick days and cash them in upon retirement for a five-figure payday. "They were like manna from heaven," said former police Sgt. Jim Malloy, who retired in 2004 with...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Pittsburgh, Budgets and Budgeting, Media Industry
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Huawei warns of 'strong action' against possible EU probe
China Daily, Beijing / Asia News NetworkDUSSELDORF, Germany (China Daily/ANN) -- Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, China's biggest telecommunication equipment company, has denied receiving government subsidies and has warned the European Union against being judgmental of Chinese companies. The EU...Tags: Politics, Marketing, Energy Saving, International Organizations, Media Industry
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Filipino assaulted by 4 Taiwanese in Tainan
China PostTAIPEI (The China Post/ANN) -- Police confirmed that a Philippine worker was attacked by four Taiwanese and beaten with iron sticks and baseball bats in Tainan City on May 16 following the recent heated dispute between Taiwan and the Philippines....Tags: Fishing, Politics, Human Rights, National Government, Career and Workplace
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Wilkinson County prison to get new management company
The Natchez Democrat, Miss.After 15 years of operation by the Corrections Corporation of America, the Wilkinson County Correctional Facility will have a new management company July 1. WCCF is a correctional facility for state prisoners. The Mississippi Department of Corrections...Tags: Career and Workplace, Corrections Corporation of America, Prisons
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Strained by debt in Trinity
The High Point Enterprise, N.C.Trinity officials face two significant constraints in fashioning the city's 2013-14 budget. City Manager Debbie Hinson recently showed the City Council's Finance Committee a draft of her recommended budget, which totals $4.4 million. The draft...Tags: Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Economy, Business and Finance, Finance
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Minnesota House passes protections on vehicle tracking, data misuse
Star TribuneMinnesota law enforcement authorities soon will face stricter limits on the use of controversial vehicle-tracking technology to collect sensitive location data on innocent people. The state is poised to approve its first regulations for license plate...Tags: Mark Dayton, Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, Lobbying, Law Enforcement
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Despite setback, U.S. Rep. Tim Walz continues push for transparency
Star TribuneWhen President Obama signed the STOCK Act into law last spring, the legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Tim Walz that explicitly banned insider trading by congressional members and government employees was hailed by watchdog groups as one of the most...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Politics, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Congress, National Government
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PCC will pay chancellor $344,000
The Arizona Daily Star, TucsonLee Lambert is under no illusions about what lies ahead when he takes the helm of troubled Pima Community College. Some who work there now will likely have to go, he said. Morale that plunged under a previous leader will need to be restored, and those...Tags: U.S. Army, Colleges and Universities, Education, Career and Workplace, Media Industry
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Bradley County Emergency Medical Service rescuers recognized
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.David Simonds thought a few splashes of water on his face would help him snap out of it. Simonds, 26, felt lousy for a few days last January. But he still showed up for work at the Rubbermaid plant in Cleveland, Tenn., that Monday. He told his co-...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Stan Clark, Career and Workplace
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