Barros took and passed the civil service test the following April and started at the police academy in September 1998 after being appointed to the Wellesley Police Department the month before. Were it not for the fact that he already lived in town …

New York, July 25, 2013 — Moody's Investors Service has affirmed the Aa1 rating on the Town of Southampton's (NY) $143.6 million in outstanding general obligation debt. All of the town's debt is secured by its general obligation pledge as limited by …

We're evolving into a personal-service culture.” Or devolving, as the case may be. Personal trainers are a luxury that illustrates how different the lives of affluent Americans and the lives of the less fortunate can be. But people well outside the 1 …

The sport's stars – Jimmie Johnson, Dale Earnhardt Jr., Carl Edwards, Jeff Gordon, Tony Stewart, Danica Patrick and Busch and a few others – are rich and polished and probably at least faintly familiar to non-race fans. They do not so much have …

… working away to alleviate the worst of the poverty hidden in this supposedly affluent society. Faced with parents who aren't eating so they can feed their children instead, organisations such as the Guernsey Welfare Service don't complain about …

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The union that represents IRS employees is urging its members to write to their congressmen to help get the union out of Obamacare. “I am a federal employee and one of your constituents. I am very concerned about legislation that has been introduced by …

Though, admittedly, my awe is perhaps heightened because my journey has been one of comparative luxury. I'm touring northern Spain with Insight Vacations and instead of walking and camping I've been travelling in an air-conditioned 40-seat coach and …

(CNN) — (CNN) — Beer doesn't readily inspire plans for opulent vacations or deluxe retreats the way its alcoholic rival, wine, does. But as "microbrews" have become "craft beers" in recent years, the level of sophistication surrounding beer culture …