100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do (Part 1)

By Bruce Buschel/ New York Times

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Former AMD chief identified as leak in Galleon insider trading case

The far-reaching insider trading scandal now appears to have reached the top ranks of the high-tech industry with reports Tuesday that Hector Ruiz, former CEO and chairman of Sunnyvale chip company Advanced Micro Devices, leaked confidential AMD information to alleged conspirator …

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Fla. man says Home Depot fired him over God button - Yahoo! News on Yahoo! News

By BRIAN SKOLOFF, Associated Press Writer Brian Skoloff, Associated Press Writer – Wed Oct 28, 8:35 am ET

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Women's Wages Outpaced Men's During Recession

The wages of the typical woman who had a job during the worst recession in decades rose faster than those of the typical man, new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show.

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NPR REVIEW: Jane Goodall Sees 'Hope For Animals' in new book/ Interview

In her latest book, Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink, she writes, "There are surely plants and animals living in the remote places beyond our current knowledge. There are discoveries yet to be made."

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Where Americans Pay Most To Live: Housing costs--including taxes, insurance and utilities--cost residents of these 20 metros most.

It happens every month: Millions of American pony up for the gas bill, mortgage or rent payment and real estate taxes--and subsequently watch their bank balances dwindle. That's because housing expenses are the biggest monthly expense most families face.

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Facebook index shows when you're happy | The Social - CNET News

Facebook is even more omniscient than you thought: it can now chart the world's collective hopes and dreams and highs and lows--sort of, at least.

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Late-Night Vulnerability: The Letterman scandal and Conan O'Brien's injury highlight how much the networks have riding on individuals.

LOS ANGELES -- An apologetic David Letterman trotted out before the cameras Monday night with a quip that raised questions and fetched laughs: "There's a possibility," he said, "that I'll be the first talk-show host impeached."

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NPD Reports U.S. Restaurant Traffic Decline Steepest in 28 Years

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As a Meal Tax Shrinks, Restaurants Hope to Gain

By STEVEN ERLANGER Published: June 30, 2009 New York Times, "Paris Journal"

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Schwarzenegger to declare drought emergency

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger on Friday will declare a state of emergency after three years of below-average rain and snowfall.

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California to order cuts in greenhouse gases

California air regulators approved requirements Thursday to compel chipmakers in Silicon Valley to severely cut greenhouse gases spewing from semiconductor plants.

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More laid-off men means more Mommy Breadwinners

As the recession grinds on, men are being laid off at a far greater clip than women, spawning a historic American emigration out of the cubicle and into the kitchen.

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Bankrupt Nation: A financial journalist explains why all our debts are coming due.

For a married couple, talking about money can be hard. But the cost of using a credit card to put off the conversation is almost always worse. So it is with a company, a city or a country.

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Actor Steve Guttenberg Jogs Naked Through Park

Steve Guttenberg, a movie actor and "Dancing with the Stars" personality, has appeared in an apparently amateur video on YouTube (as well as posted on countless other personal websites) as he is running naked through New York City's Central Park.

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Students' well-being tracked to improve lives

(10-22-2008) 18:37 PDT -- Fewer kids in Napa County visit the dentist regularly than kids in other California counties. More San Francisco children teeter on the brink of depression than other children do.

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Gov. Sarah Palin, Todd Palin to give depositions

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will provide depositions Friday (Oct. 24, 2008) to the state Personnel Board, which is looking into whether Palin unfairly fired Alaska's public safety director this summer, the couple's attorney told CNN.

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Warning: Fun ahead; Safety first, yes, but today's overprotected kids need to live a little

Peter Hartlaub says from the Friday, October 19, 2007 edition of the San Francisco Chronicle:

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American kids, dumber than dirt

"American kids, dumber than dirt Warning: The next generation might just be the biggest pile of idiots in U.S. history" Mark Morford, SF Gate Columnist, writes on Wednesday, October 24, 2007:

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Panel Finds Palin Abused Authority in Firing State Official

A legislative committee investigating Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican vice presidential candidate, issued a report Friday night that found she unlawfully abused her authority by firing the state's public safety commissioner.

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Alaska panel finds Palin abused power; Legislative committee releases investigation into firing of public official

ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.

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Sarah Palin and the Alaska Independence Party. Palin addresses AIP 2008 convention

As recently as the Alaska Independence Party (AIP) Convention of 2008, Governor Palin sent a welcoming to delegates saying... "I share your party's vision of upholding the constitution of our great state..."

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"Home Food" in Italy: salvaging homemade traditions and civic culture

"Eating traditional, local foods is an experience that brings satisfaction to the palate but above all is enrichment for the soul," quotes the Chicago Tribune from Italian sociologist Egeria Di Nallo.

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Calif asks the federal government to buy up to $7 billion in notes amid frozen debt market

It was announced on Friday 3 October that California is preparing to ask the federal government to buy up to $7 billion in notes in the face of a frozen municipal debt market; but, the landmark U.S.

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Suspect in dog abuse, reports on which began in 2002, arrested in Los Gatos, CA

In Boulder Creek, California, a man accused of abusing dozens of dogs was arrested in the first week of August 2008.

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