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Article Source: The Denver Post / AP
NEW YORK — Business travel is bouncing back. U.S. companies are forecast to spend 5 percent more on travel in 2011 than they did last year — a sign of confidence in the economy that is giving a boost to airlines, hotels and rental-car companies. That's double the growth rate from 2010, which followed two years of decline.
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Article Source: CNN
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The job market started 2011 on solid footing, according to two separate reports released Wednesday. Payrolls among private employers rose by 187,000 in January, payroll processor ADP said. Analysts polled by Briefing.com were predicting 145,000 jobs added for the month.
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Article Source: CNN Wire
Potomac, Maryland (CNN) -- Saturday's public farewell to humanitarian and Peace Corps champion R. Sargent Shriver was framed by the message that everyone can be compassionate and make a difference. Anthony Shriver encouraged people to wake up each morning with boundless energy and a commitment to change the world, fight poverty and be a friend. Or to just give someone a hug.
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Article Source: CS Monitor
As a teen Haley Kilpatrick felt the sting of school bullying herself. She started the youth program 'Girl Talk' to stand up to it.
Atlanta, GA: Once a week, the middle-schoolers at the private Atlanta Girls School go to a unique homeroom session where chatter trumps study.The get-together is Girl Talk, part of a nonprofit movement where teens besieged daily by the trappings of consumer culture, high-tech gossip gizmos, and "mean girl" mentalities talk to older girls about how to get beyond what seems to them to be a life-and-death drama buzzing around them.
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Article Source: TODAYshow.com
Miss Delaware Kayla Martell won't let alopecia hold her back from competing
Beauty pageants evoke images of flawless women in amazing shape, perfectly made up and coiffed, right? Yet one beauty queen vying for the Miss America title in Las Vegas this week has barely any hair on her head. Kayla Martell, Miss Delaware, has been bald for half of her 22 years — she has alopecia areata, a rare condition that results in unexplained hair loss. But that’s not stopping her from competing for her lifelong dream.
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