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Resumania: Tailor your resume to the job you want
Thomas Jefferson once said, "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it."
In a competitive job market, a little luck can be invaluable. But securing a job offer requires more than just accidental good fortune. Candidates need to be strategic to distinguish themselves from a crowded field of competitors.
Game On: Baseball titles boast more hits than misses
"MLB 10: The Show"
Platforms: PlayStation 3, PS2, PSP
Genre: Sports
Publisher: Sony
ESRB Rating: E, for Everyone
Grade: 3.5 stars (out of 5)
Chipotle's success grows from 'food with integrity'
Steve Ells just wanted to sell tacos and burritos, not become the fast-food industry's pitchman for naturally grown foods.
That bottle of pinot noir may be falsely labeled
Could bungling by French vintners finally end our tortured love affair with pinot noir?
Maker of Frisbee, Hula Hoop regroups for the future
EMERYVILLE, Calif. - You never know when a Frisbee or Hacky Sack might come sailing overhead at Wham-O Inc., the company that launched those iconic brands, along with the Slip 'N Slide, the Hula Hoop and the SuperBall. Cubicle dwellers at Emeryville's Wham-O get used to ducking when exuberant colleagues start doing some hands-on product testing.
Letter sent before census form saves more than it costs
Q: Chris R. of San Francisco wants to know why the U.S. Census Bureau bothered sending him a letter telling him to expect a census form in the mail in a week or so.
"Let's see, the federal deficit stands at about $1.9 trillion, so they are wasting yet more money to tell me about a letter that will be coming next week. How about just sending the 'real' letter next week?"
Real: HAFA short sale rules may help sellers
Homeowners struggling to sell their homes in a short sale are getting some relief, thanks to the federal government's Home Affordable Foreclosure Alternatives, or HAFA, program.
DriveWays Specs: 2011 Mercedes SLS AMG coupe
Specifications for the 2011 Mercedes-Benz SLS 6.3 AMG two-door sports coupe.
Engine: 6.3-liter V8, 563 horsepower.
Transmission: Seven-speed twin-clutch automated manual.
Overall length: 15 feet 3 inches.
EPA trunk volume: 6 cubic feet.
Weight: 3,573 pounds.
EPA city/highway fuel consumption: 13/20 miles per gallon (Combined 17.8 mpg).
DriveWays: Mercedes coupe certain to get the juices flowing
One of the more overused words in the automotive world is "icon." Although the word itself simply means an image or a representation, the car people take it in a religious sense: as something sacred, like a statue of a saint.
Sometimes an automobile is called "iconic," which is more like an unintended insult because it means something that has a conventional, formulaic style.
