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Mid-size airports suffer biggest cuts in airline service

2013-05-13 00:00:00

Airline mergers, a deep recession and surging fuel prices have led to sharp cuts in airline service around the country. Hardest hit: medium-size airports. Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, John Wayne Airport in Santa Ana, LA/Ontario International Airport and...

Vacations improve love life, survey says

2013-05-12 11:00:00

Is your love life lacking? Maybe you need a vacation. A survey of 2,076 adults found that 88% of Americans are “somewhat likely to be intimate” when taking a vacation with a spouse or partner. Only 12% said they are “somewhat or much...

Super Bowl XLVII ad spotlight: ‘Star Trek,’ ‘Iron Man,’ ‘Lone Ranger’

2013-02-01 15:54:01

More marketers lengthen Super Bowl ads to stand out during game

2013-01-22 09:44:00

For this year's Super Bowl, more marketers are benching the standard 30-second spots and paying pricey sums — in some cases more than $7.5 million — to run 60-second commercials during the NFL championship Feb. 3. Longer commercials are part...

When applying for jobs, beware your references, study says

2012-11-28 09:50:00

To many people looking for work, references on job applications are a bit like long snappers in football: easily ignored. But in the same way the oft-overlooked position can make or break the game, references hold surprising sway in hiring decisions,...

Americans are leaving more paid vacation days unused, study says

2012-11-25 08:00:00

As an information technology supervisor at Pitzer College, Dennis Crowley had so much work to do last year that he finished 2011 without using nearly five of his paid vacation days. “And to be frank, I was too busy to even realize I was losing...

Half of workforce plans to do online holiday shopping at work, report says

2012-11-23 14:27:00

Half of America’s workforce plans to hit the holiday sales this season from the comfort of their cubicle. According to a survey from CareerBuilder, 49% of workers will do some of their holiday shopping online while at the office. Of all workers...

Vive les vacances! The French rank high in days off from work

2012-11-21 15:11:00

PARIS – Crisis? What crisis? Workers in France are leaders in taking vacation days, a new poll shows. And apparently no credit-rating downgrade or thundercloud of economic gloom is going to stop them. The French use an average of 30 vacation...

Holidays leave homes vulnerable to burglaries, fires

2012-11-21 07:00:00

It's the season for joy and feasting … and for burglaries, house fires and other property problems caused by careless homeowners, according to a new study. The mass exodus of Americans from their homes as they travel to visit relatives leaves...

Four-team playoff could be necessary this season in college football

2012-10-29 20:10:00

This weekend's very impatient, 6-year-old kid-like, takeaway question is: Why wait? Can't we just convene a council of BCS bishops and start the four-team playoff now? It would be just like college football to have two spots available this year for four...

First BCS standings don't quite add up for Oregon

2012-10-15 00:00:00

Oregon fans have been advised to stay away from sharp objects following their beloved Ducks' disturbing No. 3 debut in the first Bowl Championships Series standings. Third in the BCS is like fourth in the Olympics, but the good news is that this is the...

Oregon keeps winning, and falling in BCS standings

2012-10-21 20:30:00

Oregon can't afford to keep winning like this. A few more lopsided victories and the Ducks could finish last in the BCS and end up playing in the Toilet Bowl. On Thursday, Oregon sprinted to a 43-7, second-quarter lead on Arizona State and might have...

Fans love Johnny Depp and they aren't afraid to show it. In an annual poll from Harris Interactive , Depp earned the top spot for America's favorite movie actor for the second year in a row, beating out Clint Eastwood and Denzel Washington , who tied for second. Depp starred in two 2011 films, "Rum

2012-01-19 20:37:49

A poll conducted by Harris Interactive in 2005 found that 47% of people said they were going to plan their own funerals. And businesses -- factory-direct emporiums, online merchants and even Costco -- have responded with products to meet the need.

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