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EndNotes archive for April 17, 2012

TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012


 Melissa Bush, a business major at the University of Dayton, thinks that it is an invasion of privacy when employers use social online sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and YouTube in their hiring decisions. 
 (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

Suffering from cubicle coma today?

The new edition of the Urban Dictionary showed up in my mailbox and before I donate it to our features pod reference library, I picked out some death-related-sounding phrases floating out there in slang land. Check your vitals: To check your email and Facebook. Cubicle…

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 This photo taken Aug. 11, 2009 shows Naja a a young pit bull waiting in her cage at the Villalobos Rescue Center, 35 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. In Canyon Country Villalobos Rescue Center, is one of the largest pit bull rescues in the world providing a place to live or work for six parolees, 225 pit bulls, 204 volunteers, two French bulldogs, and 19 cats.  (Richard Vogel / Associated Press)

Grieving your pet

We never had animals growing up nor did I have any as an adult, but I know a lot of dog and cat lovers and Cathy's answer to our column question today about pet grief is a reminder to take the time to write a…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.