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Nearly Naked Businessmen Want the Suit Off Your Back

Nearly Naked Businessmen Want the Suit Off Your Back

On Tuesday, August 2, if you live in a major city, be on the lookout for attractive guys wandering the streets wearing only boxers, dress shoes, socks and ties. You'll know them by the signs they're carrying, which read "Give the suit off your back." They're part of a campaign launched by Men's Wearhouse...

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Need Help Finding a Job? Turn to Your Neighbor

Need Help Finding a Job? Turn to Your Neighbor

Are Americans hunkering down and isolating themselves, or are they extending a hand to help those around them while the economy wavers and dips? According to a new survey, the news is good: 83 percent of us are willing to help a neighbor with financial problems, and 45 percent of us will help a neighbor look...

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GE to Bring on 250 Workers at Aviation Plant in Mississippi

GE to Bring on 250 Workers at Aviation Plant in Mississippi

At least one major U.S. company is on a hiring roll. GE just announced a $56-million investment in a new 300,000-square-foot aviation plant, which will create 250 new full-time jobs, not to mention the construction positions necessary to build it.

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Live Alligator, Naked Man and Getting Assaulted: All in a Day's Work [Video]

Live Alligator, Naked Man and Getting Assaulted: All in a Day's Work [Video]

It was bad enough that Fox 29 reporter Chris O'Connell had to go cover a story about an intense animal cruelty case at a Philadelphia home -- where the stench was so bad that neighbors were selling their houses. Add that to the fact that a naked man had been reported outside the house, and you have one...

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Wild Miami Joy Ride Gets Cop Fired, Charged with Felonies

Wild Miami Joy Ride Gets Cop Fired, Charged with Felonies

It was bad enough that a couple of Miami Beach police officers joined a raucous bachelorette party at a South Beach club -- while in uniform. But when one of the officers jumped on his police ATV to take a female partier on a pre-dawn joy ride and ran into two people, seriously injuring them, he not only got...

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One-Handed Boxer Denied TSA Job Because He Can't Give Proper Pat Downs

One-Handed Boxer Denied TSA Job Because He Can't Give Proper Pat Downs

If he can win Golden Gloves boxing matches with one hand, 32-year-old Michael Constantino thinks he should have no problem working as a screener for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) at the airport. Unfortunately, the TSA didn't agree, and rejected him because of his "medical disqualification."

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Detroit Companies Pay Employees to Live Downtown

Detroit Companies Pay Employees to Live Downtown

Some corporations are so committed to restoring Detroit to the great American city it once was that they're actually paying employees to move downtown. The companies have banded together in a $4 million "Live Downtown" initiative that will provide cash incentives to employees who choose to move to Downtown...

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Woman Sues Employer Over Sex Accident on Business Trip

Woman Sues Employer Over Sex Accident on Business Trip

A woman is sent by her employer to a distant city for business purposes. She checks into a hotel the night before because she has a big meeting early the next morning. Apparently she has a big meeting of a different nature the night before, because she ends up back in her hotel room with some guy, and things...

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American Workers Need More Vacation, Sleep and ... Chocolate?

American Workers Need More Vacation, Sleep and ... Chocolate?

Apparently what American employees really want is less work, more sleep and more chocolate, according to a recent survey taken by Mars Chocolate North America. OK, so the company behind the survey might have a little something to do with the fact that chocolate made the list, but it doesn't have sway over the...

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