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Why Is Indiana’s ‘Right to Work’ Law Such a Big Deal?

Indiana governor Mitch Daniels signed “Right to Work” legislation into law on Wednesday, making his state the 23rd in the nation to adopt the collective bargaining rules, and the first in America’s Rust Belt. So, uh, what does that mean exactly?

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Qantas Resumes Flights After Weekend Grounding

This time, they couldn’t blame a Chilean volcano.

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Brooklyn Artist Will Give Birth in Front of a Gallery Audience

Marni Kotak’s baby will literally be born into the limelight.

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World Population Predicted to Hit 7 Billion This Year

If this keeps up, things are going to get crowded.

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TIME Cover Story: Why Men and Women Should End the Chore Wars

Big news, ladies! Turns out your husbands haven’t been slackers all along.

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NBA Union Talks Collapse: League to Lockout Players at Midnight

For the second time this year, a professional sports league labor stalemate has led to a work stoppage. This time, just two weeks after a gripping, dramatic playoffs and championship, the NBA will lock out its players beginning at midnight Friday. The 2011-2012 season hangs in jeopardy with both sides no closer to an agreement [...]

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Sports Labor Strife: Progress in NFL, Pain in NBA

The NFL’s players and owners aren’t sitting around the campfire, roasting marshmallows, doing the Hokey Pokey.

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QUOTE: Improvement in NFL Labor Talks

“I’ve said it many times the only way we’re going to get this accomplished is face-to-face dialogue and really digging into the issues and I think we had a good step in that direction today.” — JEFF PASH, the NFL’s lead negotiator after mediations between the NFL owners and its players finished up for the [...]

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Sore Losers and Steve Carell: Why The NFL Draft Will Be Deflating

ESPN can broadcast as many uncomfortable episodes of  “Jon Gruden’s QB Camp” that it wants (why any agent would permit a prospect to subject himself to nationally-televised awkward conversations with an ex-NFL coach is beyond me).

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The Office Pool Pays Off! Factory Workers Win $50 Million Lottery

A group of 24 blue-collar Canadian workers are glad they paid into this week’s drawing.