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Cutting in Colorado: The Centennial State says it will reduce its hourly minimum wage by 4?? next year, to $7.24, becoming the first to lower its rate since the U.S. passed a minimum-wage law in 1938. Officials say a 2006 amendment to Colorado's constitution--in which voters opted to tie minimum wage to inflation--forces them to cut the rate because the state's consumer price index fell this summer...
That's a tough one. Ken Jennings wound up winning 74 times. I'm not sure we're going to see that kind of success ever again. He was with us for 4?? months. My gosh, I was spending more time with Ken Jennings than I was with my wife...
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...tried to adapt to convulsive changes in technology and viewing habits. It funded these adventures with cash from license payers. It was already beginning to slim down again when, in 2006, the government limited increases in license fees over the next six years, leaving the broadcaster with a $4??billion shortfall. Cutting jobs and selling property will keep the Beeb afloat for now, but underpinning today's turbulence is a deeper question that even its own managers are asking: In this brave new digital world, just what is the point...
CONTEXT An estimated 5% of U.S. electricity--or $4??billion a year--is wasted by appliances on standby mode, and the Department of Energy says that figure could rise...