Lands End, the outdoor clothing retailer, will spin off from Sears Holdings Corp. next month and operate as a stand-alone, publicly traded company. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/17/290759573/clothing-retailer-lands-end-to-split-from-sears?ft=1&f=1001
Germany and its European allies react to Sunday’s referendum in Crimea. NPR’s Soraya Sarhardi Nelson joins us from Berlin. Article source: http://www.npr.org/2014/03/17/290759643/eu-rejects-crimean-vote-weighs-sanctions-against-russia?ft=1&f=1001
For nearly 30 years, Nikos Aivatzidis got up at the crack of dawn to drive from his home in central Athens to his human resources job at Hellenic Shipyards, near Greece’s port of Piraeus. “I’d walk into the entrance and marvel as I watched [6,000] or 7,000 people heading into work with me,” he says.
i i hide captionVolunteers prepare polling stations in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, on Saturday. Crimeans are voting on seceding from Ukraine to join Russia. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Volunteers prepare polling stations in Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, on Saturday. Crimeans are voting on seceding from Ukraine to join Russia. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Residents of
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i i hide captionRepublican senators Rob Portman (left), Dean Heller and Susan Collins worked with a bipartisan group to reach a deal to extend long-term jobless benefits for five months. J. Scott Applewhite/AP Republican senators Rob Portman (left), Dean Heller and Susan Collins worked with a bipartisan group to reach a deal to extend long-term
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A Colorado judge ruled on Thursday that some people convicted of possessing small amounts of marijuana could have their convictions overturned. The ruling has to do with the state’s legalization of recreational marijuana in 2012. Judge Gale T. Miller, writing an opinion for the three-judge panel, found that the constitutional amendment legalizing possession of less
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i i hide captionThe case of whether a woman could keep the biological father of her child out of the delivery room was argued while she was in the hospital to give birth. iStockphoto The case of whether a woman could keep the biological father of her child out of the delivery room was argued