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In this Wednesday, May. 27, 2009 photo, Exxon Mobil Chairman and CEO Rex W. Tillerson speaks at a news conference following the annual shareholders meeting in Dallas. One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp. On Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in the latest attempt to pressure the company into change, a gay-rights group called Freedom to Work teamed with a high-powered Washington law firm to file what they described as a groundbreaking discrimination complaint against Exxon in Illinois. (AP Photo/Mike Stone)

Complaint accuses Exxon Mobil of anti-gay bias

One after another, major U.S. corporations have updated anti-discrimination policies to protect gay, lesbian and transgender workers, drawing plaudits from gay-rights groups. There's one prominent exception: Exxon Mobil Corp. In the latest rankings of such corporate policies by the Human Rights Campaign, a national gay-rights group, many of Exxon's Fortune ...

  • Updated: 1:12 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

UC hospitals in second day of worker walkout

Workers at University of California hospitals around the state were on strike for a second day Wednesday over staffing and pension issues. Thousands of hospital pharmacists, nursing assistants, operating room assistants and other health care workers observed the 48-hour walkout as green-shirted picketers marched outside medical centers. It prompted the ...

  • Updated: 12:49 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
This undated publicity image released by Fox shows employees of Velocity Merchant Services (VMS) in Downers Grove, Ill., in a scene from the reality workplace series, "Does Someone Have to Go?" The network will begin airing a nonfiction show where employees of small businesses are compelled to rat out underperforming colleagues and put their jobs at risk. The series premieres Thursday, May 23 at 8 p.m. EST on Fox. (AP Photo/Fox

Fox show brings messy workplaces to television

This time "you're fired" is more than a Donald Trump catchphrase. Fox is turning the firing of real people from real jobs into prime-time entertainment starting this week. The network on Thursday will begin airing "Does Someone Have to Go?" a series where cameras go into small businesses and employees ...

  • Updated: 12:47 p.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

N. Ind. ambulance plant with 165 workers closing

A northern Indiana factory where 165 workers build ambulances will be shut down by its new owner in a decision announced a week after the same company said it would close a nearby recreational vehicle plant with about 500 workers. SJC Industries has notified the state Department of Workforce Development ...

  • Updated: 11:49 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Indicted Ohio firefighters suspended without pay

Thirteen Cleveland firefighters indicted in a shift-swapping scandal have been suspended without pay while their cases move through the courts. The mayor's office said the suspensions were imposed after the firefighters waived preliminary disciplinary hearings Wednesday. Last week the firefighters were indicted on charges including illegally paying co-workers to cover ...

  • Updated: 11:47 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013

Excerpts from recent North Dakota editorials

Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck, May 17, 2013 Finding practical ways to aid each other Farm Rescue continues to step up for farmers and ranchers in the region. This week volunteers and equipment zeroed in on two farm operations in the Washburn area where they saved the day by getting crops in ...

  • Updated: 11:45 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2012 photo, Apple CEO Tim Cook speaks during an introduction of the new iPhone 5 in San Francisco. Cook is scheduled to testify on Capitol Hill Tuesday May 21, 2013, to explain the company’s tax strategy, which a Senate subcommittee says lets it avoid paying billions of dollars in taxes. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

Apple case seen as possible spur to tax action

Now that tech darling Apple Inc. has been dragged front and center into the debate over the U.S. tax code, lawmakers are hoping that the spotlight on such a high-profile company could be the catalyst for Congress to take action to close loopholes or reform the law. At a hearing ...

  • Updated: 12:11 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
FILE - In this May 10, 2013 file photo, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waves goodbye after speaking during a banking conference in Chicago. When Bernanke testifies about the U.S. economy Wednesday, May 22, 2013, the Federal Reserve chairman’s words will be examined for any clues that the Fed might soon taper _ or increase _ its support for the economy. (AP Photo/Paul Beaty, File)

Bernanke testimony to be studied for policy clues

When Ben Bernanke testifies about the U.S. economy Wednesday, the Federal Reserve chairman's words will be examined for any clues that the Fed might soon taper — or increase — its support for the economy. The Fed is pursuing an aggressive program of bond purchases to try to keep long-term ...

  • Updated: 12:08 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, 2013
FILE - In this May 20, 2013 file photo, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., left, confers with Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., as the Senate Judiciary Committee assembled to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Leading senators working on immigration legislation reached a compromise Tuesday on the details of an expanded high-tech visa program, officials said as the Senate Judiciary Committee neared completion of its work on the measure. At the same time, several officials said the White House has made it known to Leahy that it would prefer postponing a showdown over the rights of same sex spouses until a vote in the full Senate. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

US immigration bill moves forward in Senate

The most far-reaching U.S. immigration legislation in about two decades moved forward on a solid bipartisan vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee after supporters avoided a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for a full Senate showdown on one of President Barack Obama's ...

  • Updated: 11:55 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, confers with the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, May 20, 2013, as the committee assembles to work on a landmark immigration bill to secure the border and offer citizenship to millions. The panel is aiming to pass the legislation out of committee this week, setting up a high-stakes debate on the Senate floor. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senate panel approves immigration bill

Far-reaching legislation that grants a chance at citizenship to millions of immigrants living illegally in the United States cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee on a solid bipartisan vote Tuesday night after supporters somberly sidestepped a controversy over the rights of gay spouses. The 13-5 vote cleared the way for an ...

  • Updated: 11:06 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, 2013
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