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T-Mobile accused of forcing pregnant woman to clock out to use bathroom
A Tennessee woman who was working at T-Mobile’s Nashville’s call center while pregnant says that she was forced her to clock out to use the bathroom and was eventually fired. Kristi Rifkin, 40, told ABC News that she had been working at the call center for over four years when her…
“It wasn’t your fault”
I haven’t been able to watch footage of Boston. When it comes on TV, I can watch a little bit, but then I have to walk away. The picture of Martin Richard, the little boy who died, brings tears to my eyes, because I know what his parents are going through. I lost my 4-year-old daughter, Ashley, in the Oklahoma City bombings, along with my husband’s parents, LaRue and Luther. Eighteen years later, I’m still living with the trauma. The trauma never goes away.I was at work when the bomb went off. Everything on my desk shifted. In my naiveté, I wondered: Did one of the silos blow up? We turned on the news, and saw the chaos, the building torn away. I thought, “Thank God no one I love is in that building.”My husband’s parents were taking care of Ashley that day. My husband’s father had an appointment at the Social Security Building at 9 o’clock, which I didn’t realize was in the federal building. When it finally sunk in what was happening, I collapsed in on myself. It’s a very hopeless feeling, not knowing.Continue Reading… … Read More
Watch Matt Welch on MSNBC Talk Guns and Immigration at 10 AM ET
In the 10 o’clock hour Eastern Time, I will appear on MSNBC’s
Jansing &
Co. with guest-host Richard Lui, talking about this week’s
busy session of Congress, particularly its focus on gun background
checks and comprehensive immigration reform. … Read More
Review: Google laptop is impressive, but may disappoint some
SIEM REAP, Cambodia (AP) — Google’s first high-end laptop, the Chromebook Pixel, is an impressive machine. It feels light and comfortable in my hands and on my lap. Its high-resolution display makes photos look sharp and video come to life. From a hardware standpoint, it’s everything I’d want a laptop to be.But the Pixel isn’t very practical — at least not yet — for most people. It works well when you have a steady Internet connection, but can’t do much once you lose that connection. And because it uses Google’s own operating system, it doesn’t run enough software yet to replace your other machines.I brought the Pixel along for a nearly three-week trip to Thailand and Cambodia, where I knew I wouldn’t have the type of round-the-clock access I’m used to in the U.S. I was surprised by how much I could do, but quickly got frustrated when I couldn’t do more.Such frustration doesn’t come cheap. Prices for the Pixel start at $1,299, just $200 less than a MacBook with a comparable screen and the ability to do much more offline. A higher-end Pixel with cellular access costs $150 more than the basic model and is scheduled to start shipping Monday.Continue Reading… … Read More
SimCity hotfix to disable non-critical gameplay features
Electronic Arts is still working around the clock to resolve issues surrounding the launch of SimCity earlier this week. In what is a surprise to nobody except EA, the servers required to play the DRM-laden title haven’t been able to cope with the type of demand that a high-profile game… … Read More
