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Poptent's amateurs sell cheap commercials to big brands
Build-a-Bear Workshop was introducing a line of stuffed animals called smallfrys and wanted to reach moms through Facebook. One video used in the online promotion showed a woman pulling up to a fast-food window. Her young daughter requests "a smallfry."...
Tags: Air Transportation Industry, Super Bowl, Online Advertising, Social Media, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Romney's jobs record a little shaky
Mitt Romney stood before a shuttered steel factory in Pennsylvania the other day, using the iconic backdrop to underscore what has become the most forceful theme of his presidential campaign: the need for more jobs.
"He has done everything wrong," Romney...Tags: Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations, Finance, Mitt Romney, Regional Authority
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Millions can find only part-time or lower-paying jobs
Beyond the 15 million Americans who have no jobs at all, millions more are caught in part-time or limited jobs that don't pay them enough to maintain their standard of living — much less contribute to the strong consumer spending needed to power the...Tags: Retirement, Continuing Education, Economic Indicator, Unemployment, Career and Workplace
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California much more jovial than East Coast, study finds
L.A. NOWMashable posted a report from Harvard and Northeastern University that used Twitter to gauge the mood of Americans over time (video above). Curbed L.A. points out that Californians are far happier than those on the other coast: California is WAY...... -
Milk, soft drinks and bone strength
Want strong bones? Eat foods high in calcium and vitamin D, get plenty of exercise — and maybe steer clear of soda.
In recent decades, as consumption of the beverage has steadily displaced the consumption of others —particularly milk —...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Diets and Dieting, Teen-agers, Science and Technology, Children
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Robert B. Parker dies at 77; best-selling author of 'Spenser' private-eye novels
Robert B. Parker, the best-selling author whose long-running "Spenser" private-eye novels updated the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction in the 1970s, has died. He was 77.
Parker died Monday of a heart attack at his home in Cambridge, Mass., said his...Tags: Crimes, Death, Appaloosa (movie), Heart Attack, Book
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Will Massachusetts be Obama's third-time charm or third strike?
Top of the TicketDemocrat flies to the rescue (?) of Martha Coakley's Senate campaign against a surging Republican Scott Brown. Text.... -
PASSINGS
Norm Van Lier Ex-Chicago Bulls guard, broadcaster Norm Van Lier, 61, a former Chicago Bulls guard and broadcaster, was found dead Thursday afternoon in his Chicago home, authorities said. Firefighters went to his home, just blocks from the United...Tags: Drama (genre), Chicago Bulls, Death, Career and Workplace, Basketball
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What Oakland should be protesting
Barack Obama will be sworn in Tuesday as our 44th president. His inauguration should remind us of the incredible racial progress since the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s inspiring speech at the March on Washington in 1963. On that day, King spoke in race-...Tags: Local Elections, Crimes, Politics, Death, New Year's Day
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PASSINGS: Robert Schindler, Richard Egan
Robert Schindler
Father of Terri Schiavo
Robert Schindler, 71, the father of Terri Schiavo, who became a national symbol in a closely watched right-to-die fight, has died, his son said Saturday.
Schindler, a tireless activist through years of legal...Tags: Republican Party, Politics, Death, Local Government, Justice System
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Tough times put the squeeze on colleges
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith family investments and house values battered by the financial crisis, colleges and universities in California and around the nation are seeing an increase in students seeking financial aid and are bracing for even more. At the same time, higher...Tags: Education, Values, Finance, Loans, Awards and Prizes
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Do consumers want alternative fuel vehicles? Maybe not, new study says
Money & CompanyAlternative-fuel vehicles have become the great white hope of the auto industry, widely hailed as a potential savior to reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil, stem the tide of greenhouse-gas emissions and help fuel a green economy. But a......
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