He declared an era of “post-partisanship.”But Republicans needn’t worry too much. The center previously reported that the industry spent more than $500 million at the federal level.The telecom firms’ spending habits helped them curtail telephone competition, shelve consumer protection bills — especially the nation’s first one in California — and keep regulators off their backs, [...]

These are the hours no one can take away from you — unless they’re also prepared to peel themselves out of a warm bed, fall asleep at work and ruin their night lives. when I took the festival on the road,” says Bash, who now stages his showcases in cities such as New York, Chicago, [...]

And some, like Miers, will choose not to have a family at all.”One thing I know for sure is we need to get used to the fact that women’s career paths are going to be nonlinear,” said Stacy Morrison, editor in chief of Redbook magazine. The Congressional Budget Office projected this year’s shortfall at $331 [...]