How Walmart just raised the stakes on hourly wages

The Brief Friday, February 20th 2015

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1. The Big Chill Is Here
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The central and eastern U.S. woke to a blast of record-breaking cold, snow and ice Friday after already frigid temperatures shattered all-time lows from Chicago to Florida, and left 15 dead in Tennessee, Ohio, and Kentucky

2. How Walmart Just Raised the Stakes on Hourly Wages
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The announcement Thursday by America's largest private employer that it will give half-a-million employees a raise could add to the pressure that a host of other low-wage employers are already facing to pay their workers more

3. Why Your Favorite Comfort Food Is Hyping Health
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Kraft really wants consumers to know its signature comfort food has a healthy side. In a new series of ads, the company is pushing its Kraft Macaroni and Cheese as packed with protein

4. Inside Chris Hansen's Comeback Campaign
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The controversial host of To Catch a Predator, the hidden-camera show that made him a star journalist and one of the most recognizable faces at NBC, discusses his return to television with Killer Instinct

5. What Jon Stewart Wants from the Next <i>Daily Show</i> Host
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After hosting The Daily Show for a decade and a half until recently announcing that he will step down at the end of the current season, comedian Jon Stewart wants his successor — whoever that may be — to take the show's concept to the next level

6. What the War on Terror Can Learn from the War on Gangs
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Dangerous street gangs and violent extremist groups such as the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria both depend on recruiting disaffected youths with the promise of a sense of belonging.

7. Oregon Colleges Brace for Legal Pot
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College administrators across the state are tinkering with policy language and testing out marketing campaigns to make sure that, come July, their students know that no matter what the state law says, pot is still not allowed on campus

8. NSA Helped British Spies Steal Cellphone Codes
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British spies, in cooperation with the NSA, hacked into a Dutch company to steal codes allowing them to eavesdrop on mobile phones

9. Apple Wants to Produce an Electric Car
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Apple wants to start producing its own cars by the year 2020, Bloomberg reports, citing sources privy to the company's plans. Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has also accused Apple of offering his employees generous inducements to jump ship

10. Obama Claims Republican Rhetoric Could Help ISIS
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Those who identify the black-clad extremists with their religious roots, President Obama argued repeatedly at an anti-extremism summit Thursday, are peddling a "lie" that will drive recruitment by the nation's enemies and ultimately hurt U.S. interests

11. Black Hole Emits 'Fierce Winds' That Stop Stars Forming
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Researchers say that new data from a black hole 2 billion light years away indicate that it emits powerful winds in all directions that help to regulate its growth as well as the growth of the galaxy around it

12. USDA Releases Updated Dietary Guidelines
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New proposed U.S. dietary guidelines released on Thursday included the surprise suggestion that cholesterol should not be a nutrient of special concern—but added that sugar and saturated fat are still worth worrying about

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