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Monday, January 21, 2013  investigators say Stephanie Lyon double-signed, forged and cashed dozens of checks.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Deborah Bricker was sentenced November 1st to spend 4 to 10 years in prison.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012  Resume, references, password: Job seekers get asked in interviews to provide Facebook logins

Friday, February 03, 2012  White House, religious groups in fight over doctrine, religious freedom and contraception

Monday, January 23, 2012  For the schools that did close, it can create problems for working parents, especially when snow days pile up in a short period of time.

Friday, November 04, 2011  US economy generates 80,000 jobs in October, unemployment rate falls to 9 percent

Monday, October 03, 2011  While many stores are hiring, job experts say the overall outlook for seasonal hiring is flat.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011  A major Northern Michigan employer is in trouble and is looking at some major changes to fix its financial woes.

Friday, July 15, 2011  While the economy hasn't been great to some business owners, we've found one Petoskey man who has opened three businesses since 2007 and his latest, a Biggby Coffee in Petoskey.

Wednesday, June 01, 2011  A leading outplacement firm says employers eliminated 1.8 percent more jobs in May than they did the month before.

Thursday, May 26, 2011  Supreme Court upholds Arizona law punishing employers who knowingly hire illegal immigrants

Monday, February 21, 2011  In November 2008, voters in Michigan legalized medical marijuana.  But since then, tons of questions have come up including how businesses should deal with employees who smoke.

Friday, November 05, 2010  Story update: The economy generated a net gain in jobs for the first time in five months in October, as businesses stepped up their painfully slow pace of hiring.

Friday, August 06, 2010  President Barack Obama is hailing the seventh straight month of private job creation as a good sign for the economy. But he says the progress "needs to come faster."

Friday, August 06, 2010  Private employers hired workers at a weak pace for the third straight month, making it likely that economic growth will slow further in the coming months. The jobless rate was unchanged at 9.5 percent.