11/28/2008 -
LAUSD settles payroll matter
The Los Angeles Unified School District has reached a settlement with the contractor that installed a payroll system that overpaid and underpaid tens of thousands of teachers by tens of millions of dollars, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Source:
Daily Breeze
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_11091717?source=rss
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11/30/2008 -
Leafs' Kaberle checks his options ... Who is Canada's best of 2008? ... Bravo to Bruins' Chiarelli ... Hands of stone ...
Tomas Kaberle is surveying the National Hockey League landscape, asking questions and opening his mind to the possibility of being traded by the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Source:
Calgary Sun
http://calsun.canoe.ca/Sports/Hockey/2008/11/30/7582011-sun.html
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11/30/2008 -
Where are all the nosy parkers when you need them?
I have always been a fan of British restraint. I revere it. I love the fact that someone in the throes of peritonitis will murmur vaguely about having ?a slight tummy ache?. An elderly friend, recently out of hospital, cancelled supper a few weeks ago. She was clearly not feeling well.
Source:
Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/india_knight/article5258043.
ece
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11/30/2008 -
Hiring the right person and the best person the first time
I am running a software company from Alberta, Canada, and we are leaving no stone unturned to find a sales and technical support team leader that can and will do just this - lead. After reading "Message to Garcia" by Elbert Hubbard, I have a question for you.
Source:
Central New York Business Journal
http://www.cnybj.com/index.php?id=386&tx_ttnews%5btt_news%5d=9320&tx_ttn
ews%5bbackPid%5d=1&cHash=46405b9584
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11/29/2008 -
Mel Gibson in Court
"The Passion of the Christ" screenwriter claims he was cheated.
Source:
TheCelebrityCafe.com
http://thecelebritycafe.com/features/22200.html
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11/30/2008 -
Retail Hell: That Was Easy [Rants]
Maybe the dude that started busting caps in Toys-R-Us yesterday had a point; like a psychotic, morally reprehensible one, but a point nonetheless. Certainly it's too much to ask that $7 an hour and...
Source:
Gawker
http://gawker.com/5100024/retail-hell-that-was-easy
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11/29/2008 -
Family carers to get new work rights
THE solicitor-general, Vera Baird, has signalled the introduction of new rights for millions of carers of elderly relatives and sick children, raising the prospect of a clash with Lord Mandelson, the business secretary.
Source:
Times Online
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/money/article5258238.ece
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11/28/2008 -
Boldin back to inflicting pain after scary injury
Cardinals WR Anquan Boldin has fully recovered from a major scare that observers thought would sideline him longer.
Source:
Yahoo! Sports
http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ms-thegameface112808&prov=yhoo&typ
e=lgns
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11/29/2008 -
Cle Elum approves 2009 budget
CLE ELUM ? The Cle Elum City Council has approved an $11.4 million budget for 2009 that includes rate increases for water, sewer and garbage and a 3.5 percent salary increase for city employees.
Source:
Daily Record
http://www.kvnews.com/articles/2008/11/29/news/doc492da3b55888c284180921.txt
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11/28/2008 -
The $100,000 Job Search: How the High-End Unemployed Cope
The recession is putting legions of upper-income executives out of work
Source:
Time Magazine
http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1862558,00.html?xid=rss-topstor
ies
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11/29/2008 -
Our homes: Where health care is really hurting
Minnesota's federal quality scores are low, which has officials baffled.
Source:
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
http://www.startribune.com/local/35239239.html
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11/28/2008 -
Mexico admits little progress made fighting crime
Source: Reuters MEXICO CITY, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Mexico admitted on Friday it has made little progress fighting a wave of violent crime, the latest grim assessment of President Felipe Calderon's push to make the ...
Source:
AlertNet
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N28451457.htm
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11/28/2008 -
Rolling out a TARP for entitled athletes
Main Street has justifiably directed anger toward Wall Street, but Easy Street is just around the corner. And Easy Street is where pro athletes reside in a society that overvalues their contributions compared to other laborers.
Source:
Sun-Sentinel
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-flspskolnick281sbnov28,0,2313594.column?t
rack=rss
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11/28/2008 -
Half of my country's police aren't up to the job, says Mexican president locked in bloody fight with drug cartels
Mexican President Felipe Calderon, locked in a war with violent drug cartels, has said that half of the police recently tested are unqualified to do their jobs.
Source:
Daily Mail
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1090137/Half-countrys-police-a
rent-job-says-Mexican-president-locked-bloody-fight-drug-cartels.html?ITO=1490
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11/28/2008 -
'Adventureland,' a comedy filmed here, to open in March
"Adventureland," the Greg Mottola comedy shot primarily at Kennywood more than a year ago, is scheduled to be released March 27.
Source:
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08333/931104-60.stm?cmpid=entertainment.xml
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