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• It's hard to find good workers, even in this economy

  The slowly improving job market may be exacerbating a problem you may not know this country had: Finding good workers to fill open positions. A new survey from human resources firm Right Management finds that 27 percent of human resources executives often have trouble finding th …

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• Family: Bullying by 'wolf pack' led to Texas teen's suicide

  Bullies had been hounding high school freshman Teddy Molina for years, making fun of him for being mixed race and threatening to hurt or even kill him, his family says. The teasing from a group known as the “wolf pack” grew so bad that Molina wound up leaving his Cor …

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• 'Like Casablanca in World War II': As Iran tensions grow, Azerbaijan becomes den of spies

  A Soviet-legacy oil nation is emerging as a hotbed of global espionage as tension escalates between Israel and Iran. Azerbaijan, which links Russia to the Middle East, has strategic importance as a bridgehead for the West in its war of diplomacy with Tehran.

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• Woman, 88, strangled to death by clothes caught in escalator

    An 88-year-old woman was strangled to death when her clothes got tangled in the treads of an escalator she was riding at the Long Island Rail Road station in Lindenhurst Tuesday, officials say.

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