MLB No Longer Accepting New Players
MILWAUKEE—In a tersely worded press release Tuesday, Major League Baseball sent a strong message to the thousands of college, high-school, and Little League athletes ...
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CEO Barbie Criticized For Promoting Unrealistic Career Images
EL SEGUNDO, CA—Mattel is under fire from groups who say the new Barbie presents unattainable career goals to young girls.
AFL-CIO Split
Last week, both the Teamsters and the SEIU bolted from the AFL-CIO, a bad sign for American organized labor. What do you think?
Area Man Killed In Committee
NEW YORK—K&L Advertising executive Nathan Lohaus was killed in committee Monday, his life voted down by an 11-3 margin at the 2 p ...
Customer's Attempt To Complain To Manager Thwarted By Employee
ELGIN, IL—A customer's repeated attempts to complain to the store manager about Mama Z's Pizza employee Matt Wheaton were successfully thwarted by ...
Lure Of Free Meal Each Shift Too Great For Disgruntled Arby's Employee
WEST WENDOVER, NV—Although he hates working at Arby's "more than anything," prep cook Taylor Ochtrup, 17, told reporters Monday that he would quit ...
Teach For America Chews Up, Spits Out Another Ethnic-Studies Major
NEW YORK—Teach For America has devoured another ethnic-studies major, 24-year-old Andy Cuellen reported.
Grocery-Store Worker Can't Bear To Eat Food Anymore
FLOURISSANT, MO—Pick'n Save stockboy Joel Melcher said Monday that his overexposure to groceries has destroyed his taste for food. "When I first started ...
Employee's Loyalty Garners CEO's Contempt
NEW YORK—Associate account manager Henry Keel's devotion to Wegman Financial Corp. fills CEO Roger K. Scarvon with contempt, Scarvon said...
New Co-Op Airline Offers Cheaper Fares If You Help Fly The Plane
SAN FRANCISCO—GreenWay Airlines, a new low-cost, cooperative airline, offers inexpensive fares to passengers who assist with the flight, an airline spokesman said Monday. "Unlike ...
Report: Overseas Sweatshops Hurting U.S. Sweatshops
WASHINGTON, DC– According to a Labor Department report released Monday, foreign sweatshops are seriously diminishing the profitability of domestic sweatshops. "Since January 1999," the report ...
Breakroom Tension At All-Time High Following Mug Dispute
PHOENIX—Diplomatic measures have failed to ease breakroom tension following Monday's latest mug dispute between Southwest DataTech employees Iris Cole and Steve Mees. "An ...
Slightly Larger Chair Shifts Delicate Balance Of Office Power
OXNARD, CA—The highly complex intra-office power dynamic at the accounting firm of Adams, Fitzhugh & Associates shifted dramatically Tuesday, when a $229 Futura EZ-Roll office ...
