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...average dishwasher makes just $180 to $300 a week for 50 to 80 hours on the job. Delivery people typically make just $120 to $200 for a similar number of hours, plus tips that can vary widely. Restaurant owners are required to ensure that total wages and tips reach the minimum wage, but many...
...skirt--are also in demand in new and expanding luxury markets, such as Dubai, India and parts of China. They're perfectly in keeping with another trend: global warming and the desire for lighter clothes. "From the Sun Belt to the global-warming issue, [resort wear] has evolved to reach a very broad audience," says Gucci CEO Mark Lee. "If you look at the items offered in the collection, there is a complete spectrum, from summer-weight suits to leather pieces...
...phenomenon roiling the Arab world: the rise of a generation of angry, hungry and radical young men who refuse to play by the old rules. Until that anger is defused, any prospect of a functioning Palestinian state or a lasting settlement between Israel and the Arabs will stay beyond reach. Figuring out how to deal with that challenge remains among the U.S.'s most pressing foreign policy dilemmas...
...bolster responsible leaders in Gaza too. In the short term, that doesn't have to involve direct talks with Hamas leaders like Mashaal and Haniya, which would violate U.S. antiterrorism laws. But Washington can encourage Arab governments in the region, such as Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Egypt, to reach out to pragmatic figures like U.S.-educated Ziad Abou Amar, a respected Palestinian academic with good contacts in the West and Gaza. Other go-betweens include doctors, businessmen and engineers, many of whom served in the previous Hamas cabinet. They don't belong to the Islamic movement, but their advice...
...were involving inmates in programs or preparing them for release. Under this law, the prisons department is only allowed to build all of the new proposed beds in phases over the next decade. Officials can't get more money from the legislature for future prison building projects until they reach identified benchmarks showing they have accomplished implementing some rehabilitation, education and parole reform programs. The state's inspector general will chair an independent body that will develop the standards and audit compliance. That aspect gets overshadowed by the tremendous amount of money going to new prison beds...