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Some businesses support raising NY minimum age – Wall Street Journal

Some businesses support raising NY minimum age - Wall Street JournalSome businesses support raising NY minimum ageWall Street JournalAP ALBANY, NY — Advocates for the poor are getting help from some business operators in their quest to raise the minimum wage. Costco and small business operators statewide called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the Senate's Republican majority to raise the ...and

Your 7-Step Midyear Money Checkup

Your 7-Step Midyear Money CheckupFiled under: Power of PlanningYou always remember to change the oil in your car ... when the red warning light comes on. You get diligent about flossing ... when the dentist mails the reminder postcard to make an appointment for your six-month checkup. So consider this article your warning light/postcard to get ready for your midyear money review. With six months

In this photo taken May 24, 2012, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks at a school in Philadelphia. When Romney decried Barack Obama as beholden to the nation’s teachers’ unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama’s love for unions

FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama's love for unionsWhen Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney decried President Barack Obama as beholden to the nation's teachers' unions and unable to stand up for reform, he glossed over four years of a relationship that has been anything but cozy.

Video: Your complete Byron Nelson wrapup, with Dufner victory dance

Video: Your complete Byron Nelson wrapup, with Dufner victory dance Shakespeare once wrote that when troubles come, they come not as single spies, but as battalions. For Jason Dufner, the same sentiment holds true for PGA Tour victories. He took down the Byron Nelson this past weekend with a spectacular closing birdie; we've got that here, along with much of the best of the rest from the

StatCounter: Google Chrome Pushes Past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (Again)

StatCounter: Google Chrome Pushes Past Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (Again) Well, it's official. Or at least it's official if you believe in StatCounter's data. Google's Chrome web browser has overtaken Microsoft's Internet Explorer. For real this time. Maybe. The stat-counting firm compiled data for the week of May 14th through May 20th, showing that Chrome had a market share of 32.76%,

Bee Gees’ Robin Gibb Dead At 62

Bee Gees' Robin Gibb Dead At 62 Singer had battled colon and liver cancer and lapsed into a coma last month.By Katie Byrne Robin Gibb in 1976 Photo: Ivan Keeman/ Redferns/ Getty Images Bee Gees member Robin Gibb died Sunday (May 20) after a long battle with cancer; he was 62 years old. "The family of Robin Gibb, of the Bee Gees, announce with great sadness that Robin passed away today

Finance

Your 7-Step Midyear Money Checkup

How I Paid Off $27,000 in Credit Card Debt in Two Years

How I Paid Off $27,000 in Credit Card Debt in Two YearsFiled under: Power of PlanningBy Dana Burgess, as told to Gabrielle Karol I live in Graham, Texas, with my husband and three children, who are 17, 14 and 9 years old. I work full-time at a public school as an "intervention" teacher, helping kids who need an extra push academically with reading and math. When I first started racking up … [Read More...]

How to Save Money at the Movie Theater

How to Save Money at the Movie TheaterFiled under: Saving MoneyBy Cameron Huddleston My family has a Friday night tradition: dinner and a movie. No, we don't go to a restaurant then the theater. We make the kids dinner and let them eat it while watching a DVD or movie that we download from a video-streaming service. If we were to actually go out, the cost of movie tickets alone for four of us … [Read More...]

Politics

FACT CHECK: Romney off on Obama’s love for unions

French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel walk off the stage after the family photo at the NATO Summit in Chicago

Merkel to discuss fiscal pact with German parties

Merkel to discuss fiscal pact with German partiesBERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel will discuss with the leaders of German political parties on Thursday the prospects for a European fiscal pact she wants parliament to approve before its summer recess despite opposition foot-dragging. Government spokesman Georg Streiter said Merkel, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble and other senior … [Read More...]

Protesters holding an American flag march over a bridge during an anti-NATO protest march in Chicago

Group says 60 arrested, some hurt in Chicago anti-NATO clashes

Group says 60 arrested, some hurt in Chicago anti-NATO clashesCHICAGO (Reuters) - Baton-swinging police clashed with anti-war protesters marching on the NATO summit in Chicago on Sunday and a lawyers' group representing the demonstrators said at least 12 people were injured, some with head wounds from police batons. More than 60 people were arrested in a melee at the end of a march attended by at … [Read More...]

Sports

Video: Your complete Byron Nelson wrapup, with Dufner victory dance

John Tortorella gets ‘comical’ on illegal hits, power-play picks according to Devils coach

John Tortorella gets ‘comical’ on illegal hits, power-play picks according to Devils coach New Jersey Devils Coach Pete DeBoer and New York Rangers Coach John Tortorella have engaged in some ill-mannered discourse this season. Back in March, after the teams had a game-opening brawl, DeBoer called Tortorella a "hypocrite" for criticizing the Devils' goonish starting lineup; Torts advised … [Read More...]

Behind the Box Score, where the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the fourth quarter. Again

Behind the Box Score, where the Oklahoma City Thunder dominated the fourth quarter. Again Oklahoma City Thunder 103, Los Angeles Lakers 100 (Thunder lead series, 3-1) You get the feeling that every quarter the Los Angeles Lakers and Oklahoma City Thunder play is worth a column of its own. Our wrists can't handle such an exercise, though, and in a series like this, I'm not sure I can handle … [Read More...]

Behind the Box Score, where the Los Angeles Lakers answered at home

Behind the Box Score, where the Los Angeles Lakers answered at home Los Angeles Lakers 99, Oklahoma City Thunder 96 (Thunder lead series 2-1) Game 1 was the blowout, the startling realization that the Oklahoma City Thunder remained a championship-level force to be reckoned with, even after a week-long layoff. Game 2 was the ugly nail-biter, the one that Los Angeles let get away. Game 3? It … [Read More...]