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Verizon to pay $20 million to settle discrimination suit
Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit charging the telecommunications giant with failing to accommodate hundreds of workers whose absences were caused by their disabilities. The lawsuit and a consent...Tags: Career and Workplace, Laws, Verizon Wireless, Companies and Corporations, Crime, Law and Justice
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Robert A. Myers, 82
Robert A. Myers, 82, of Bear, Del., passed away peacefully Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011, after a long illness.
Bob was born Oct. 19, 1929, in Williamsport, Md., one of 13 children of Charles and Esther Myers.
He enlisted in the U.S. Air Force during the...Tags: Career and Workplace, Korean War (1950-1953), Unrest, Conflicts and War, Religion and Belief, U.S. Air Force
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It pays to work at Discover
It's easy to forget, but 25 years ago the Discover card was introduced by Sears, Roebuck and Co. during the 1986 Super Bowl.
The commercial included a rising sun and a message: "Few things cost you nothing to get and pay you back every day. But now the...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Culture, Dan Hampton, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears
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Michael Jackson's life was infused with fantasy and tragedy
Michael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
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Michael Jackson...Tags: Elvis Presley, Entertainment, Obituaries, Sony Corp., Berry Gordy
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D230 to give $222K refund to Sears
TribLocal - Tinley Park » NewsDistrict 230 will settle with Sears. In a 4-3 vote, the school board agreed to refund Sears, Roebuck and Co. $222,360 over a three-year period …... -
Star Track: Joshua Jones
Joshua Jones, a former competitor for Hampton University's track and field team, recently was named one of five winners of the 11th annual John McLendon Memorial Minority Postgraduate Scholarship Awards. The scholarships, $10,000 grants presented to...Tags: Hampton University, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Awards and Prizes, College Baseball, Major League Baseball
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Your weekly ScamWatch
Money & CompanyHere’s a weekly roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. No relief: A Tacoma, Wash., company that charged up to $899 for a program that falsely promised to reduce consumers’ credit-card debt has agreed to pay...... -
Michael Jackson's Life Was Infused With Fantasy And Tragedy
Michael Jackson was fascinated by celebrity tragedy. He had a statue of Marilyn Monroe in his home and studied the sad Hollywood exile of Charlie Chaplin. He married the daughter of Elvis Presley.
Jackson met his own untimely death Thursday at age 50,...Tags: Elvis Presley, Entertainment, Obituaries, Sony Corp., Celebrity Parents
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The Museum of Science and Industry
Tribune staff reporterA director of the Museum of Science and Industry once told the nation's industrial leaders that he hoped the museum "would never be finished." And, indeed, since its official opening on this day, this homage to the Industrial Revolution, by necessity, has...Tags: Brain, Libraries, World War II (1939-1945), Field Museum of Natural History, Mining
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Sears Tower name change has few Chicago fans
Tribune reporterChanging the name of Sears Tower to Willis Tower is a no-brainer, especially if you're Willis Group Holdings. Corporate naming rights, whether it's a stadium or an office tower, boil down to ego, marketing and money, and now a London-based insurance...Tags: Rental Service, Companies and Corporations, Death, Richard M. Daley, Photography and Video
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The 1929 Stock Market Crash
Tribune staff reporterBankers and brokers on LaSalle Street thought the town's hoodlums were shooting their way into brokerage offices and promptly called police. The noise reverberating in the canyon of office towers turned out to be a boy's firecracker. All the police...Tags: Stock Broking, Al Capone, Stock Market, Labor Markets, Chicago Real Estate
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Charles Morgan Jr. dies at 78; lawyer challenged racism in the South
Charles Morgan Jr., a civil rights lawyer who challenged the racism of his native South and won numerous landmark cases for equal rights before the U.S. Supreme Court, died Thursday at his home in Destin, Fla. He was 78 and had Alzheimer's disease.
In...Tags: Christianity, Washington (U.S. state), Alabama, Discrimination, Death
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