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Archery, long on the fringes, is now regaining cachet thanks to films such as "The Hunger Games" and the upcoming Olympics.

Movie magic makes archery cool again
LOS ANGELES — Archery had long been relegated to the realm of men in tights, apples atop heads and junior high summer camp. Then came “The Hunger Games.” The hit young-adult trilogy debuted i...

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Federal extended benefits to unemployed end
The state’s jobless rate falling has a downside for almost 6,200 of Kentucky’s unemployed who receive federal unemployment extended benefits. Beginning April 7, the federal extended benefits wil...

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Associated Press
When Robert Collins returned to his job as a security guard with the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services in 2010, he was asked for his Facebook login and password during a reinstatement interview, purportedly so the agency could check for any gang affiliations.

Potential bosses ask job seekers for passwords
SEATTLE — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Fac...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Erick Thohir, co-owner of the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers (seated), pause with Rick Hess (left), and Robert Stanley, co-founders of Evolution Media Capital, at Creative Artists Agency on March 6 in Century City, Calif.

Investment bank EMC becomes force in sports, entertainment
LOS ANGELES — It was a tense negotiation. Fox Sports and ESPN were paying about $54 million a year for the TV rights to Pac-12 Conference games. The Pac-12 guys wanted five times that. And a 12-yea...

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Mr. Coffee developer dies in Ohio
CLEVELAND — Samuel L. Glazer, co-owner of the company that revolutionized American mornings with the Mr. Coffee drip coffeemaker, has died at age 89. The funeral home that handled the arrangemen...

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State court upholds prevailing wage law
LOUISVILLE — Kentucky’s prevailing wage law is constitutional in requiring employers to pay the hourly wage, usual benefits and overtime paid to the majority of workers in a particular area, a unan...

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Signs show small biz is improving
The evidence may not be a big economic report like gross domestic product or factory orders in a region, but small businesses have their own indicators that the economy is improving. Brown-bag...

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Oil prices rise on unexpected supply drop
NEW YORK — One day after the price of benchmark crude took the biggest one-day drop this year, it headed up again. Oil rose Wednesday after the Energy Information Administration reported that U....

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Afghan shooting suspect had shaky business dealings
CINCINNATI — The U.S. suspect in the slaughter of 16 villagers in Afghanistan has a trail of shaky financial dealings — from working in penny-stock boiler rooms that drew numerous client complaints...

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Zynga plans $400 million secondary stock offering
LOS ANGELES — Zynga, the maker of online games “FarmVille” and “Words With Friends,” on Wednesday said it will seek to raise $400 million in a secondary public stock offering and rejigger when empl...

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