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A senior scientist for Gallup says that people who love their work also have bosses “who inspire them, get the most out of them and truly care about them.”    

Do gay employees deserve to be fired for lowering the "moral standards" of employers? That's the suggestion made by conservative Christian radio host Linda Harvey,... The Huffington Post http://www.huffingtonpost.com/meredith-bennettsmith/

An 18-year-old girl is being charged with two felony counts for having sex with her underage girlfriend.

A London woman got off a bus and talked to the London hacking suspects. Jason Marsh explains makes some step up and others hang back in a crisis.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told West Point cadets that sexual assault and harassment is a betrayal.

A former dolphin trainer and restaurant group official took a big career turn in 1991, when he started running a shipment logistics franchise. Now he runs the whole company.    

A Friday fatal two-car collision just north of Grimes remains under investigation, according to a report from the Iowa State Patrol.

When Jim Whittaker became the first American to stand on top of Mount Everest 50 years ago, he was anything but elated.

Authorities said a Union Pacific train t-boned a Burlington Northern train. After a diesel fuel leak, one of the engines caught fire but firefighters were able to extinguish it.

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LONDON -- A young zookeeper who was mauled by a Sumatran tiger at an animal park has died, British police said Saturday. The woman, 24-year-old... AP http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-gerken/

Chinese households are signaling impatience with government controls, finding alternatives to high cellphone costs and low interest on their savings, hurting state firms' profits in the process.

WHO-HD Photojournalist Roger Riley caught this amazing lightning strike in Ames early Saturday morning. A pole took a direct hit by the lightning and the transformer blew. Some power outages resulted due to this morning’s storm.

Heavy rain moved through Central Iowa with the storms. As of 10 AM, Des Moines has recieved 1.06″. Ames had a 10 AM total of 1.41″.

Flash flooding became a problem in parts of Jasper, Marshall, Story counties this morning. The Newton airport reported close to 2.5″ of rain as of 10 AM. Some rural roads may be water covered and some creeks may be higher than normal in those counties. Do not drive through flooded roadways.

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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian police detained around 30 pro- and anti-gay activists in central Moscow on Saturday, imposing the city's ban on gay rights demonstrations.

Like suspected Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, William Plotnikov was a boxer from the former Soviet Union. Both pursued an Islamist path in Dagestan—but William died there, raising hard questions for his family.

Four months after French troops cleared Islamist fighters from the desert towns of northern Mali, U.S., French and African governments fear that many of the same militants are regrouping in neighboring countries.

The number of Americans receiving Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) more-than doubled over the past two decades, from 5.2 million to 11.7 million by the... 24/7 Wall St. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-berman/

Bausch & Lomb, which is owned by private-equity firm Warburg Pincus, is nearing a deal to sell itself to generic-drug maker Valeant for about $9 billion.

On May 14, as Washington officialdom was transfixed by the IRS scandal, the Congressional Budget Office announced that the budget deficit will shrink this fiscal... Businessweek http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-berman/

If you haven't had a conversation with your parents about handling their financial affairs after they die, Krysten Crawford's tale may spring you into action.... The New York Times http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jillian-berman/