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READER SUBMITTED: WFSB-TV Anchor Denise D'Ascenzo Urges Quinnipiac Graduates To Be Brave And Face Fears
HamdenBe brave and face your fears. That was part of the advice offered to Quinnipiac University graduates by Denise D'Ascenzo, weekday anchor of WFSB-TV, Channel 3's 5:30 and 6 p.m. newscasts. D'Ascenzo gave the keynote address at the 2013 Graduate...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Colleges and Universities, Quinnipiac University, Students, Medical Specialization
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City of San Francisco, worker unions protest Kaiser premium hike
SAN FRANCISCO — It's a trend many public employees can relate to: Health insurance premiums climb year after year, while at the bargaining table workers have agreed to kick in more for pensions, take salary cuts and sign on to furlough days. But...Tags: Public Employees, Career and Workplace, Health Insurance, Walmart, Politics
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How not to run a local government
One of the more enjoyable aspects of my public career was an excellent relationship with public safety unions. Law enforcement, fire and EMT groups were supportive of my races for the state legislature, Congress and governor. Although not unheard of,...Tags: Public Employees, Interior Policy, National Government, U.S. Congress, Politics
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Career and Workplace, Walmart, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumer Goods Industries, Bangladesh
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Tea Party Movement, The Associated Press, Washington, DC
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Lifestyle change may ease heart risk from job stress
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Being under stress at work is tied to a higher risk of heart problems, new research confirms - but putting down the beer bottle and going for a walk may help. Researchers found that job strain - defined as having a lot of...Tags: Health Organizations, Behavioral Conditions, Healthy Diet, Diseases and Illnesses, Health and Safety at School
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Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds. In May, tuber processing giant J.R. Simplot Co. asked the U.S. government to...Tags: Genetic Engineering, Japan, Potatoes, Washington, DC, Food and Drug Administration
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Wal-Mart, Gap skirt the issue
If the horrific garment factory collapse last month in Bangladesh has any silver lining, it is the response from more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies — including Benetton, PVH, Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, Inditex (Zara), Marks &...
Tags: Arbitration, Career and Workplace, Walmart, University of California, Irvine, Colleges and Universities
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House GOP pushes full repeal of Obama's health care law _ 37th vote to scale back or kill it
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — One more time, with feeling! The Republican-led House voted yet again Thursday to repeal President Barack Obama's health care law, knowing full well that won't stop it. Only months away from the rollout of coverage for uninsured...Tags: Republican Party, Health Insurance, U.S. Congress, Politics, Justice System
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House bill protects homeland security budget from cuts facing other agencies
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — A Republican-controlled House panel moved Thursday to protect the Department of Homeland Security from the big cuts facing other domestic agencies under the party's budget slashing plan. The move came as the Appropriations...Tags: Republican Party, Rosa DeLauro, Paul Ryan, Politics, Tea Party Movement
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Will County Board tells state lawmakers to pass a concealed carry law
Will County Board members Thursday sent a message to state lawmakers—pass a concealed carry law before it automatically becomes law. Board members voted 15-6, with three members voting "present," supporting a resolution backing a concealed carry...
Tags: Career and Workplace, Interior Policy, Collective Contract, Personal Weapon Control, Justice System
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HOW TO PLAY IT-Dodging companies before disaster strikes
ReutersBy David Randall NEW YORK, May 16 (Reuters) - Socially responsible investing has long been associated with avoiding companies in "vice businesses" like alcohol, tobacco and weapons. Yet managers at socially conscious funds say screening companies...Tags: Marketing, Career and Workplace, Walmart, Extradition, Tiffany & Company
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