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I feared the crush of the rush, but now my commute completes me
Everybody knows that it is hard to make a good living from writing alone. However, every aspiring writer I've met has thought they might end up as that one-in-a-million exception to the rule. Most learn the hard truth in their 20s, but some have ...
Comfort for the sole: More salarymen opting to wear sneakers on the job
More Japanese are wearing sneakers to work as companies look to improve the health of their employees. In a country where rigid dress codes often place an emphasis on conformity, the sneaker trend can be seen as a breath of fresh air. Numerous kinds of sneakers ...
In a first, Trump commutes 27-year money-laundering sentence of kosher meatpacking exec
President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of an Iowa kosher meatpacking executive who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for money laundering. The commutation is Trump's first in office and comes following the encouragement of multiple members of congress and other high-ranking ...
Tokyo's heaving subway system girds for 2020 Olympics
It's Monday morning and Tokyo is going back to work. By 8:16 at Shinjuku Station, the world's busiest, lines of waiting commuters overlap with the people looking to go in the opposite direction. The smell of pastries from a bakery wafts over the stream ...
Maryland's departing governor said Wednesday he will commute the capital sentences of the state's last four inmates on death row to life in prison, saying executing them "does not serve the public good of the people of Maryland." Two years ago, the state's legislature abolished ...
Japan's top 10 buzzwords of 2011
The phrases and buzzwords that were on everyone's lips in 2011.
Tough commute? Let these apps ease the pain
No, there's not an app for lessening commuter rush-hour congestion, but there are a few that can make the journey a bit more bearable.
