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Indonesia, the hardest hit nation, said its toll – now at 80,000 – could reach 100,000, and officials began to acknowledge that the number of dead may never be known with precision, because the towering waves that smashed into Sumatra island swept entire villages with their inhabitants out to sea.

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Quit your job and find happiness…

At 28, John Doyle was an overworked New York investment banker on the fast track. By most measures, he was a success. But he was also miserable. So during a semiannual review 2 1/2 years into the job, he simply quit. “Almost immediately I lost 35 pounds,” says Doyle. For four months, he did little more than relax, rollerblade through Central Park, and read books. “Honestly, it was one of the happiest times in my life,” he says.

READ: Ways to fix your life: Quit your job

No shoes, no makeup, no service…

Is there such a thing as make-up discrimination? A female bartender who refused to wear makeup at a Reno, Nevada, casino was not unfairly dismissed from her job, a U.S. federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday.

Check out: Court Backs Firing of Waitress Without Makeup

Need money between jobs?

Need a few bucks between jobs? Why not sell a few things aound the house?

Wade Jones of North Carolina says he snared a plastic cup from which Elvis Presley drank at a concert in 1977 and kept the cup and the water for 27 years before selling the remaining few tablespoons of water on eBay. The winning bid for the water was $455. He says he won’t sell the cup. Check out: Purported Elvis Water Brings $455 Bid on eBay

Is there no honor among thieves?

Entreprenurism gone horribly awry…

Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan cities with “rented” and drugged children to attract charity may have their days numbered. The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of “emotional blackmail,” a cabinet minister was quoted Tuesday as saying. READ: At War with ‘Professional’ Beggars

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Be careful before you pay to play…

There are some legit firms in the career business, but many are nothing but a racket. Check them out carefully before spending a dime. Companies hire outplacement firms to help laid-off employees find new jobs. Their services are usually simple, cookie-cutter methods that are also found for free in books at your local library. At best, a counselor will give you a daily nudge to “keep at it.”

Career management is the consumer version of outplacement. That is, you pay for it yourself. Personal-marketing firms are yet another flavor of the same business, but they may assign you a coach rather than a counselor, and they leaven their product with lots of marketing lingo. (For example, “Your career is a product, and your r

Will you work for free on New Year’s Eve?

US Airways appealed Tuesday to employees to work for free at Philadelphia’s airport over the New Year’s weekend to avoid a repeat of a Christmas fiasco that left the airline with too few workers to fly its planes and process baggage.US Airways Appeals to Its Employees to Help

This is the COOLEST stress reliever yet!!!!

From the company website…

Finally, the drudgery of corporate life has been captured in a play set for adults! Bob, Joe, Ted, and Ann spend eight hours a day, five days a week, at tiny desks in tiny cubicles in a giant room packed with countless similar cubicles in a giant building filled with countless similar rooms.

Each set has one 2-3/4″ posable plastic figure and all the necessary plastic parts to build a classic corporate cube: four walls, desk, chair, file cabinet, in/out box, phone, and computer. Comes with a sticker sheet of decor for your cube, complete with graphs, charts, screens for the computer and pithy office posters. Also includes a job title sticker sheet so you can create a convoluted and meaningless position for your employee.

CHECK IT OUT!!! Visit: The Cubes

Because sometimes, even cupid needs backup…

Two friends are at a party when one sees a potential love interest across the room. Immediately, the other friend swoops into action, making an introduction and helping to keep the conversation going — all so the buddy can score a phone number. It’s long been a ploy in the flirting arsenal. But now, those who ride shotgun for the sake of love have a name: They are the “wingmen” and “wingwomen” of the dating world.

“Every guy’s gotta play the role of the wingman at some point in his life. It’s the unwritten guy code,” says Steve Dybsky, a 25-year-old Chicagoan who works in advertising and has been a wingman for friends — and had them do the same. It’s become such a popular concept that people are even posting ads online, looking for wingpeople to accompany them on a night on the town.

Could this be a new career for you? READ: Wanted: Professional ‘wingman’ to help break the ice