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Researchers work to make milk greener

Researchers work to make milk greener

Here's something to consider the next time you pour milk on your cereal: The carbon footprint of a gallon of milk is about the same as a 25-mile drive in a pickup truck.
by Elizabeth Dunbar

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Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers to return Wednesday

Nearly 40,000 striking Verizon workers to return Wednesday

The tentative agreement includes 1,300 new call center jobs, nearly 11 percent in raises over four years and the first contract for Verizon wireless store workers.
by Associated Press

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Farmers wait, and wait, for guest workers amid H-2A visa delays

Farmers wait, and wait, for guest workers amid H-2A visa delays

For the third year in a row, the H-2A visa program is running behind. That's left farmers waiting for planters and pickers even as the harvest season is well underway.
by Lauren Rosenthal

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Minneapolis passes paid sick leave mandate

Minneapolis passes paid sick leave mandate

The City Council on Friday unanimously agreed to give full-time, part-time and temporary Minneapolis employees one hour of paid sick or safe time for every 30 hours they work.
by Cody Nelson

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Student loan debt vexing for many new grads, but there are options

Student loan debt vexing for many new grads, but there are options

Many students take on thousands of dollars in debt during college and struggle to pay it afterward. Experts say graduates have more options than they may realize to manage that debt.
by Mackenzie Martin

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Chris Farrell and Omar Ansari on the business of beer

Chris Farrell and Omar Ansari on the business of beer

Chris Farrell's "Conversations on the Creative Economy" series with Omar Ansari, the founder of Surly Brewing. Ansari talks about the entrepreneurial spirit he learned from his immigrant parents. The business of craft beer has the same risks inherent in both agriculture and manufacturing, but the boom has led to four thousand craft breweries in America.

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Minneapolis paves way to give thousands of workers paid sick time

Minneapolis paves way to give thousands of workers paid sick time

The new regulation would give all classes of employees -- full-time, part-time and temporary -- an hour of paid sick time for every 30 they work.
by Tim Nelson

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To love, honor and share a credit card statement

To love, honor and share a credit card statement

A new study finds that two in five Americans who have combined finances admit to lying to their partner or hiding information about money matters -- and it's on the rise.
by The Associated Press

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