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NEW YORK -- Matt Dornic gives his employees flexible work hours so they can pursue graduate degrees or even work a second job. Steven Rabinowitz encourages his staffers to do pro bono work, although he knows that such extracurricular activities might lead them to quit for a better job elsewhere. seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/370624_smallbusiness14.html?...
By day, Devone Kelly is a hairdresser. At night, she dances nude under the stage name of "Caramel" because her hairdressing business has nose-dived. Delta Air Lines employees JoAnn Bullard and John Mahoney work nights at the airline so they can go to other jobs during the day to make up for the two pay cuts at the carrier in the past five years. Bullard cleans houses. Mahoney works at Lowe's. ... www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/13/job...
PARIS, France (AP) -- More than 40 nations, including Israel and Arab states, agreed Sunday to work for a zone free of weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East. www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/13/mediterranean.nuclear.arm...
Work on a new road to aid regeneration off the A66 in north Middlesbrough is set to start. news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/england/tees/7504142.stm
Kevin Costner has a "dream" life as an actor - but it took years of hard work and dedication to carve out a career in music. uk.news.yahoo.com/wenn/20080713/ten-costner-music-career-is-...
DES MOINES --- Iowa won't follow in the footsteps of other states by introducing a four-day work week for state employees any time soon. www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2008/07/13/news/politics/1046156...
Prince Harry would like to spend more time helping children in Africa. Britain's royal soldier-humanitarian is in the impoverished African kingdom of Lesotho this week for charity work. www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080712/harry_...
South Lloyd Street will be closed to through traffic from First Avenue Southeast to Second Avenue Southeast starting about 7 a.m. Monday, weather permitting, due to construction work.... www.aberdeennews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/NEW...
It took an hour's worth of work, but Roman Knight didn't mind. The 18-year-old needed a bumper for his '94 Buick LeSabre -- and a Detroit salvage yard had one. So he got down to business, removing the bumper from a junked-out car, carrying it to the clerk's desk and hoisting it up to the checkout counter. www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080713/...
The Multicultural Institute in Berkeley works with day laborers on Hearst Avenue to set them up with work from contractors, but the slumping economy is making this difficult. www.contracostatimes.com/ci_9866397?source=rss
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