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Advice for Job-Seekers in Tough Timesnew
Every day seems to bring worse news about the economy, both national and local. So what's the class of 2009 supposed to do? Be positive and persistent. Job opportunities are out there, even as companies are shedding jobs in all segments of the economy.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-15-2009 |
Business & Labor
Tags: employment, recession
Milwaukee District Attorney Still Investigating Advocates for Student Achievementnew
The "reform" group created by a Milwaukee Public Schools board member is still under investigation by the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
05-15-2009 |
Education
Gay Marriage Ratified -- and Jilted -- in Mainenew
Vacationland same-sex marriage supporters had little time to celebrate last week's legislative vote to legalize gay marriage. The very day Governor Baldacci put pen to paper, opponents announced their intention to put the matter before Maine voters in either 2009 or 2010.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
05-14-2009 |
LGBT
Dalai Lama on the 50 Yard Linenew
The New England Patriots played host to a very different out-of-towner last week, as the Dalai Lama made a most incongruous visit to Gillette Stadium.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
05-14-2009 |
Religion
'Boston Globe' Union Balks!new
Will the Globe's biggest union balk at the Times Co.'s offer? Plus, the Christian Science Monitor's quietly successful re-launch, and sportswriter Bill Simmons's GM jones.
Boston Phoenix |
Adam reilly |
05-14-2009 |
Media
High-Interest Lending Is a Poorly Regulated, Billion-Dollar Business in Texasnew
In low-income neighborhoods across Texas, payday lenders are popping up on street corners and major thoroughfares at a rapid pace. During the economic downturn, these companies are racking up record profits.
The Texas Observer |
Melissa Del Bosque |
05-13-2009 |
Economy
Why the Two Biggest U.S. Tobacco Companies Are Fighting Each Othernew
There's a tobacco war raging in Salem, Ore. that has less to do with the reasons for past battles -- raising taxes or reducing consumption -- than it does with control of a rare industry bright spot: smokeless tobacco.
Willamette Week |
Nigel Jaquiss |
05-13-2009 |
Business & Labor
Texas Whooping Cranes Are a Symbol of Hope and Possibility and an Economic Boonnew
The Aransas whooping cranes, the only wild, migrating flock in the world, numbered 266 this spring. That's not a lot, but considering how close the birds came to extinction—there were only 21 left in 1941—the number amounts to a small miracle.
The Texas Observer |
Jesse Sublett |
05-13-2009 |
Animal Issues
Tags: Aransas whooping cranes, Texas
Looking for Work in South Texasnew
Economists now say the Rio Grande Valley may ride out the economic crisis more comfortably than the rest of the U.S. Despite such optimism, the region is still plagued by the same structural problems that have long depressed its economy.
The Texas Observer |
Kevin Sieff |
05-13-2009 |
Economy
Lesbian Minister Rises from the Shadowsnew
When members of Long Beach Lesbian & Gay Pride, Inc. nominated Rev. Sunshine Daye to be a Community Grand Marshal for its 2009 celebration, approving the nomination was easy for its board of directors.
Random Lengths News |
Zamna Avila |
05-11-2009 |
LGBT
Calgary Deems Stalled Condo Sites 'a Developing Emergency'new
Abandoned and stalled construction sites throughout Calgary are putting people and property at risk — with one southwest condo site at risk of "catastrophic collapse," according to court documents.
Fast Forward Weekly |
Jeremy Klaszus |
05-07-2009 |
Housing & Development
A Web Service That Facilitates the Sale of Class Notes Raises Ethical Questionsnew
While passing notes in class is generally frowned upon, selling them online is not against the University of Arizona's rules. However, some are raising ethical questions about the practice.
Tucson Weekly |
Hank Stephenson |
05-07-2009 |
Business & Labor
A Wide Border Network Helps Separate Swine-Flu Facts From Fictionnew
Whether this bout of swine flu goes hog-wild or fizzles into history, it has allowed officials to test an emerging communications network that reaches from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention down to little Nogales, Ariz.—and then leaps the border into Mexico.
Tucson Weekly |
Tom Vanderpool |
05-07-2009 |
Science
Tags: swine flu, communication
Cap and Trade for Dummiesnew
If a pollution tax is a lever, cap and trade is a vast, rickety Rube Goldberg contraption, complete with ramps and gears and pulleys and suspended buckets of water.
Boston Phoenix |
Lissa Harris |
05-07-2009 |
Environment
'Boston Globe' Lives To Die Another Daynew
Now that the New York Times Company and the Boston Newspaper Guild have agreed to a deal that will keep the Boston Globe alive, the great unanswered question becomes: what, exactly, does the Times Co. plan to do now?
Boston Phoenix |
Adam Reilly |
05-07-2009 |
Media
Tags: Boston Globe, newspaper industry
