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Getting laid off is tough for any employee. But when you've spent the bulk of your career at one place, it can be deeply wounding. In such cases, the temptation is to lash out. That was apparently the case when Howie Schwab, sports trivia expert and long-time staffer at ESPN, got laid off late Wednesday in the ...

In recent years, there's been a simmering debate over whether public employees are overpaid. Periodically, there are stories about principals, bureaucrats or janitors who somehow managed to work the system and get obscene pay. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, has produced research that shows ...

Sometimes the job search pushes you to the edge. Take, for instance, the situation of Taylor Grey Meyer, a 31-year-old resident of Coronado, Calif., who is a published writer, a licensed pilot, and has completed a master's degree in sports commerce as well as coursework at the California Western School of ...