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1 'censored' bar won't stop online prostitution (Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:41:50 GMT)

[AP] - Craiglist's "adult services" section has been shut down in the U.S., but prostitution on the Internet is alive and well -- even, quite possibly, on Craigslist.

Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save (Sun, 05 Sep 2010 23:13:02 GMT)

[AP] - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money. Demand is rising for kitchen and bath gadgets that squeeze out that last blob of toothpaste and help get the suds out of tiny slivers of soap.

Attorney: JetBlue attendant in NYC flap resigned (Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:56:10 GMT)

[AP] - A flight attendant who captured America's attention when he told off a plane full of passengers and then slid down an emergency chute resigned from his job last week and wasn't fired, his lawyer said Sunday.

Future hiring will mainly benefit the high-skilled (Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:20:55 GMT)

[AP] - Whenever companies start hiring freely again, job-seekers with specialized skills and education will have plenty of good opportunities. Others will face a choice: Take a job with low pay -- or none at all.

Kinect's Israeli partner sees a remoteless world (Sun, 05 Sep 2010 04:06:12 GMT)

[AP] - Inon Beracha envisions a world where your movements control the gadgets and devices around you. There's no remote control to lose, no buttons to push. The air conditioner senses your presence and changes the temperature to your liking.

Despite hiring, US unemployment rate seems frozen (Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:18:16 GMT)

[AP] - Unemployment is stuck at high levels even though some companies are hiring. The problem, government data show, is that too few jobs are being created for the growing number of people looking for work.

UPS cargo plane crashes near Dubai airport (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 21:08:36 GMT)

[AP] - A UPS cargo plane with two crew members on board crashed shortly after takeoff Friday outside Dubai, officials said. The state news agency WAM, quoting the General Civil Aviation Authority, reported that the "bodies of two pilots" had been found at the scene, but UPS did not confirm that.

Goldcorp to buy Andean Resources for $3.42B (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:50:28 GMT)

[AP] - Canada's Goldcorp Inc. said Friday it has agreed to buy Andean Resources Ltd. for about 3.6 billion Canadian dollars , trumping a rival bid from Eldorado Gold Corp.

Latest Gulf oil rig problem differs from BP spill (Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:44:02 GMT)

[AP] - Unlike the blast that led to the massive BP spill, the latest oil platform fire in the Gulf of Mexico killed no one and sent no crude gushing into the water.