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If you pay much attention to COSTCO, the Washington-based competitor to Walmart's membership-based warehouse store, Sam's Club, you know the chain is one of the better companies in the country in terms of how it treats its workers and customers. When asked why COSTCO is so successful and profitable, CEO James Sinegal said, "We pay workers $45k/year, provide health insurance and let them unionize—the opposite of what Walmart does."
An would-be airline passenger was arrested at New York's JFK airport Saturday after security workers found a trench knife and a collection of other blades in his carry-on bag, police said.Timothy Schiavo Jr.
Police are investigating Twitter messages directed towards Senator Ted Cruz, the Republican who played a prominent role in efforts to derail Obamacare during the shutdown, officials said late Saturday.Capitol Police in Washington D.C. told NBC News they were looking into Tweets posted on Friday.
Washington’s brush with default this week has renewed debate about the future of the U.S. dollar as the world’s reigning currency – a position the greenback has held for nearly 70 years.
A freight train derailed early Saturday, scattering its cars along the tracks south of Socorro, N.M.New Mexico State Police told NBC Albuquerque affiliate KOB that a broken track was the apparent cause for the derailment that happened 18 miles south of Socorro, at approximately 5 a.m. local time.
Law enforcement officials said Saturday they captured two convicted killers who had walked out of a Florida prison using forged release papers.The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, along with the U.S.
The rare serpent-like oarfish was spotted twice in less than a week in Southern California, when beach goers at Oceanside Harbor crossed paths with the fish on Friday afternoon.Police were called to the 1200 block of North Pacific Street in Oceanside around 5 p.m.
Hundreds of gun-rights advocates, many toting rifles and shotguns, gathered early Saturday at the Alamo in San Antonio to rally in support of gun ownership and the right to bear arms.
The mother of Charles Walker made a tearful plea for her son to “please come home” and turn himself into law enforcement on Saturday afternoon as the search continues the two men who escaped a Florida prison using falsified court documents.
The six people killed early Friday when their car collided with a police cruiser in Columbus, Ohio, were members of an Iraqi refugee family who came to the United States less than three years ago.The victims were identified as Eid Badi Shahad, 39; his wife, Entisar W.
