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Home » Culture » Life

For unemployed, a new job often means pay cut

Christopher Leonard ASSOCIATED PRESS

It's one of the bleak realities of the economic recovery: Even as more employers are starting to hire, the new jobs typically pay less than ...

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  • Eco-wineries turn wine red, white and green

    5 AM Michelle Locke ASSOCIATED PRESS

    At least four California wineries already have received the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification and more than a dozen more are going through the process. Continue reading »

  • Linguists not 'chillaxin' over catchwords

    5 PM Andrea Billups

    Among the highlights of 2009 that will not be missed, according to one Midwestern university, is the rise of a list of overused words and pop-culture-laden phrases -- several from the Twitterverse -- that deserve ... Continue reading »

  • HICKS: Year-end recaps reflect life cycle

    5 AM Marybeth Hicks

    They don't call it a "news cycle" for nothing. As surely as the minute hand winds down the waning moments of 2009, headlines bombard us with a now familiar theme for every New Year's week: ... Continue reading »

  • Sweet smell of success

    5 AM Karen Goldberg Goff

    The "lipstick indicator," a term coined in the wake of the 2001 terror attacks, has been a bellwether of amateur economic forecasting. Sure, the economy may be suffering, but an $18 lipstick is still affordable. Continue reading »

  • Lawyers find philharmonic convergence in music

    5 AM John Rogers ASSOCIATED PRESS

    If a defense attorney, a prosecutor and a judge were to walk into a music hall, what would be the first thing they'd do? Continue reading »

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