The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wednesday approved an updated policy that makes it harder for employers to use background checks to systematically rule out hiring anyone with a criminal conviction.
The commission said that while employers may legally consider criminal records in hiring decisions, a policy that excludes all applicants with a conviction could violate employment discrimination laws because it could have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities....
It was a big run for little guys.
Not only did a record number of runners turn out Sunday at Newhall Park for the 22nd annual Assistance League of Santa Clarita Operation School Bell 5K Run/Walk, so did a record-breaking number of young runners for the groups Kids 1K Fun Run.
This was the biggest number of runners we have ever had, said Joanie Smelser after the race. And, it was the most weve had for the kids run.
At least 435 runners turned out for the 5-kilometer run and more than 30 youngsters from whatever to age 10, she said.
It was very successful and cute, she said.
Runners from age 3 to 70 began showing up at the park at 6 am and many of them were...
Congratulations to the New York Knicks for recording their first postseason win since 2001. The Knicks defeated the Miami Heat 89-87 Sunday. Of course, it wasnt easy. Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire combined for 23-of-42 shooting, 16 rebounds and 61 points. And Dwyane Wade shot an uncharacteristically awful 4-of-11 from the free throw line. Nevertheless, a win is a win as the Knicks attempt to become the first team to ever win a best-of-seven series after trailing 3-0. The series resumes on Wednesday.
BULLHEAD CITY Over the past month, more than two dozen local teams have been collecting thousands of cans of non-perishable foods to donate to local food banks. But not before they have a little fun with them, first.
This year marks the second annual Bullhead City Builders Club Foodstruction competition, formerly known as Canstruction, but changed to reflect a greater spectrum of non-perishable foods being collected. The competition has grown by leaps and bounds in its second year, with 27 teams facing off this coming weekend, compared to just 10 last year.
Teams include local businesses, municipal groups and, of course, the Bullhead City Junior Highs Builders Club, after whom...
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May 7, 2012
Art work by rocker Pete Doherty – which include pieces created with his own blood – are expected to raise tens of thousands of pounds when they go under the hammer.
A collection of paintings, trinkets, clothes and guitars belonging to the 33-year-old will go on sale on Friday at the Cob Gallery in London, where the works were recently exhibited as ‘On Blood: A Portrait of the Artist’.
One work, Ladylike, includes a self-portrait by Amy Winehouse which she also created with her own blood.
That work is the standout...
Moms, do you sometimes find going out for a Mothers Day brunch is a perfectly nice experience – but a little predictable?
Well, on Sunday, the upscale Renaissance hotel in Charlottes SouthPark neighborhood is giving the old-fashioned hotel brunch an interactive twist. Its a simple twist, but one thats in keeping with todays customize-everything craze.
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The hotels not opening its kitchen doors to kids. But what it is doing sounds like more fun for all involved: The hotel will set up a special pancake station...
Manny Pacquiao has become a much more disciplined boxer and a happier person since he replaced his gambling and nightclubbing habits with increased bible study and family time, says his trainer Freddie Roach.
The Filipino southpaw decided to change his ways after narrowly retaining his WBO welterweight title with a controversial majority decision over Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas in November.
Roach described that bout as the first bad night Pacquiao had experienced in a decade and that his fighters preparation had been adversely distracted by his extravagant...
Bolita, you may recall, was for many years Floridas underground, illegal lottery game, which fueled the income of the denizens of the so-called Cracker mob.
Bolitas sister game up North
Your March 4 column about bolita, Harlan Blackburn and the Trafficantes brought back a lot of memories.
The column also took me back to Pennsylvania, where the illegal gambling was called the numbers. The betting game paid off on the last four numbers of the previous days US Treasury report.
Most Pennsylvania Railroad shop men would buy the Altoona Tribune to get the winning numbers and then discard the paper.
I worked for the Tribune in 1951, and it was struggling because...
It was a fun day Saturday as Oak Ridgers celebrated Earth Day 2012.
A special event — the Green Mile Race For Kids — was an overwhelming success with nearly 100 youngsters participating. The event held at the Oak Ridge High School track gave school children as young as six an opportunity to win medals by running races in their own age groups.
An event at AK Bissell Park drew huge crowds to watch the DockDogs competition. The event drew more than 150 dog owners and their canines from all over Tennessee and several other states, including Georgia, North Carolina, Kentucky, Ohio and Illinois. Excited, cheering crowds watched as the dogs jumped off a dock into a large...