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Is it OK to compliment appearance on the job?

NEW YORK – When Lisa Parker was new to corporate coaching, a senior-level colleague she respected brought her in as his No. 2 for a series of training seminars. Time and time again, he intro...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Ind. casket maker expands business into pet industry

Aurora Casket Co. became the nation’s largest private casket maker by producing beautiful funeral products for humans. Now it’s launched a new line of business: funeral products f...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. tries new drug-fighting tools

Surveillance devices being tested in Caribbean

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Monkey-see, monkey-do? It’s true

Research shows wild animals follow crowd like humans

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Bangladesh building collapse death toll nears 350

29 more survivors rescued; 6 arrested

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

World Briefs

NATO crash kills 4; Taliban begin offensive KABUL, Afghanistan – A NATO plane crash in southern Afghanistan killed four international troops on Saturday, the same day the Taliban...

DATE: Apr 27, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Suspects’ mom on terror list

Russia contacted the U.S. in 2011; FBI investigated

DATE: Apr 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Country music superstar George Jones dies at 81

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones died Friday at...

DATE: Apr 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Muslims encounter little backlash after marathon bombing

NEW YORK – It looked like the backlash was starting even before the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing were identified as Muslim. Hours after the explosions, a Bangladeshi m...

DATE: Apr 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Nation Briefs

Planned Parenthood gets Obama’s backing WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama vowed Friday to join Planned Parenthood in fighting against what he said are efforts by states to turn ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Landing gear from Sept. 11 found in between buildings

NEW YORK – A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered wedged between a mosque site and a ...

DATE: Apr 26, 2013 | CATEGORY: Nation & World