All posts tagged "Koreatimes"

  • In this March 9, 2016, photo, Joe Silverman, right, poses in the lobby of his New York computer repair shop while employee Alex Lokshin watches the company's big-screen TV. Silverman realized last year he was losing productivity to the NCAA college basketball tournament, as the 20 staffers of his computer repair company kept checking their phones for scores during the games. His solution was to allow them to have the games on the big-screen TV he had installed for customers, but to let them know they do need to focus on their tasks at hand. Silverman keeps an eye on the games, too. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
    March Madness: Some businesses will let workers watch NCAA

    NEW YORK (AP) — March Madness is taking over at small companies that are letting employees watch the NCAA basketball tournament while they work. Staffers at the marketing company Phelps will be able to keep an eye...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • Mexico City's Azteca Stadium, left, is seen through a thick haze, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. The Mexico City government declared its first air pollution alert in 11 years Monday, after ozone levels reached almost twice the acceptable limit. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
    Mexico City bans 1.1M cars in 1st smog alert in 11 years

    MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities banned more than 1 million cars from the roads and offered free subway and bus rides to coax people from their vehicles as Mexico City’s first air pollution alert in 11 years...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • Barack Obama, Merrick Garland
    Obama nominates Garland to high court, challenging GOP

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama nominated appeals court judge Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court on Wednesday, challenging Republicans to drop their adamant refusal to even consider his choice in an election year. Obama called Garland,...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • (AP)
    Sanders needs big-time wins, superdelegates to catch Clinton

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Bernie Sanders must win 66 percent of the remaining delegates through June to erase Hillary Clinton’s lead, requiring landslide victories in big states and winning over skeptical superdelegates. So far, he has been unable...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • Michelle Obama
    Michelle Obama tells SXSW crowd she won’t run for president

    AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Michelle Obama used the South by Southwest Music Festival to show off her vocal chops and make a quick announcement — she’s not running for president. The first lady made her debut Wednesday...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • Chris Rock, Asian, Oscars
    Film academy adds minority leadership; apologizes to Asians

    LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences has added three new governors to its 51-member board and appointed six minority members to other leadership positions in its latest response to the OscarsSoWhite...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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  • (Yonhap)
    N. Korea sentences US tourist to 15 yrs in prison

    PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s highest court sentenced an American tourist to 15 years in prison with hard labor on Wednesday for subversion. He allegedly attempted to steal a propaganda banner from a restricted area...

    • Posted March 16, 2016
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