Panhandlers make cents; rule doesn’t (Billings Gazette)
To paraphrase the old saying about the poor, God must love panhandlers, he made so many of them. For centuries in Europe, orders of mendicant friars, holy men who begged for a living, proudly subsisted on what they could wheedle out of their lay breth …

How to Tell an Employee He Smells (Entrpreneur.com)
As a business owner, you’re going to have to deliver bad news every once in a while. Here’s how to approach sensitive subjects without offending people.

Insurgents unveil alternative cabinet and first minister for Iraq (The Scotsman)
AN INSURGENT coalition yesterday announced an “Islamic Cabinet” for Iraqi as it attempted to provide an alternative to the country’s US-backed administration.

Pickle Power (Boise Weekly)
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Take a deep breath, deal with boss’s halitosis (Savannah Morning News)
Q: My boss is a real witch. She also has disgustingly bad breath.

Crime And Punishment (Hartford Advocate)
East Hartford police report that on March 13, Cleve Meggett s girlfriend came to police headquarters to report that her boyfriend had assaulted her that evening.