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RadioShack lays off employees via e-mail

FORT WORTH, Texas – RadioShack Corp. followed through on its announced plans to cut about 400 jobs, but the electronics retailer has been forced on the defensive about its method of notifying laid-off employees by e-mail.

Employees at the Fort Worth headquarters received an e-mail Tuesday morning telling them they were being dismissed immediately.

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Quick-Thinking Cop Said He Was Immediately Suspicious of Warren Jeffs

Aug. 30, 2006 — He evaded authorities for more than a year and became a fixture on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List.

On Monday night, however, Warren Jeffs’ run from the law came to an unexpected end when a Nevada state trooper recognized him during a routine traffic stop.

The polygamist is wanted in Utah and Arizona on charges of arranging two marriages between underage girls and men.

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Waistlines Continue to grow in the U.S.

WASHINGTON – The gravy train — make that the sausage, biscuits and gravy train — just kept on rolling in most of America last year, with 31 states showing an increase in obesity.

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“Obesity now exceeds 25 percent in 13 states, which should sound some serious alarm bells,” said Dr. Jeff Levi, executive director of the advocacy group.

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speaking of waistlines growing, i am afraid that mine has been one of them. i got a wake up call when some pants that had been loose on me in the past were tight. and i realized that i need to get serioius before my problem gets “bigger.” i told this to a coworker (that i usually go out to lunch with) and come to find out, her and her husband are starting nutrisystem. and that’s great b/c now instead of being tempted to go out at lunch, i can just grab a quick salad downstairs (she’s gotta have one with her little meal thing every day anyways) and still enjoy the good company. also, starting next week, she and her husband will be working out in the gym downstairs. and i need to get back into it. i had started going and all but then when i ran on the treadmill, my left ankle was really giving me problems (which i need to go to the doctor about despite the fact that i don’t want to). but that’s no excuse… i need to just do a fast walk and increase the slope i guess. do weights and such. anything to change my form from what it is. jeromy and i eat out all of the time, which is also an obstacle. and i’m not saying that i’m going to stop eating out but i will probably be ordering off of the kids menu more often than not and also trying to make better selections. just little things to get me where i should be. i need to make myself accountable or else i’m not going to follow through. for the last couple of months, i’ve toyed around with the idea of getting in shape but never saw it through. but this week i had a wake up call and i can’t afford to just ignore the problem. so – as an incentive to myself, i’m going to report every friday about my progress on this blog until i get to where i want to be. i’ll report weight loss as well as what i did that week to further/impair my goal. i know i want to get to where i don’t feel completely uncomfortable with my body – but i don’t know what number (in lbs) that correlates to. for now, i’m more concerned about developing healthy habits. the rest will hopefully follow. september 1 will be day 1 (just because i like nice, easy starting points). stay tuned for “operation: blubber blast.”

everything else is going well. i got a lot of stuff done last night – cleaned my apartment, mailed off a rebate that was about to expire, and had the girls from church over. the three of us had a good time – lots of laughing and such. i enjoy their visits immensely. they’re both a lot older than what i thought they were – which rocks b/c now i’m not so worried about turning 24 in a couple of months. i don’t feel like i’m where i need to be in life, but i can kinda cruise for a while. no biggie.

i scored the air pump i need for my car online (kudos for the internet) for only about $320 last night, which is a far better price than the $700 the dealership was going to charge me for the part alone (nevermind the $250 for labor – yikes). it should be in sometime next week. hooray!