City discriminates against shift workers
Letter to the editor
Contributed by Columbia Firefighters Association
      June 17th, City Council unanimously voted to reduce all shift workers' holiday accrual rates, in effect forcing 24- hour shift fire fighters to work 120 additional hours per calendar year for the same base pay. Previous to the change in policy, firefighters worked 2664 hours per calendar year (121...
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It's not a criticism; It's an observation
News follows demand
By Mike Cox
      One of the more popular websites in the country is called Fark.com. The site is a collection of news stories sent in by viewers and members of the fan base who scan the internet for items that fit into one of the site's many categories: stupid, sappy, hero, sad, interesting, etc.
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Thirty- something speaks
The quest continues
By Mike Maddock
      In my quest for some semblance of rock hard abs (at this point I'd settle for ripe tomato hard abs), I've attempted many things. I've exercised until I couldn't stand up straight, and for what? To keep Advil in business? I have tried a diet consisting of nothing but meat.
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Nuf seds
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Retired and having fun...but where?
      The London Times reports that the parking lot attendant at the Bristol Zoo worked faithfully, seven days a week for 25 years. Then one day he failed to show up for work. None of the zoo employees know the attendant's name. They referred to him only as "Guv," a British custom for an official whose...
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