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The owner of four local Papa John's pizza restaurants is giving back to his employees by donating 50 percent of all local sales on Monday, Dec. 11, back to his employees! Talk about a cool boss and a great Christmas bonus! Preston House, the owner of these four Papa Johns and pictured above with Raleigh, says in a press release: "We have a great team that works very hard every day to provide

Twice a year, Habitat Tri-Cities, in partnership with homeowners, businesses, churches, and community organizations, sends work groups to select homes that are in desperate need of repair and face-lift. This work, based on the owner-investment model of Habitat, allows low-income homeowners—challenged by age, disability, or circumstance—to stay in their home, safely and affordably...

I saw on Kndu.com that there is now a new fee which began yesterday for merchants of Visa or Mastercard. Geez, lots of places don't even accept cash any longer and ONLY want credit cards for payment. This is getting ridiculous! NBC News-"Visa and MasterCard had always prohibited merchants from doing this...

Just read about this in ABC Online! Good-looking men not only have a better shot with women than guys with below-average looks, they also apparently command higher salaries. Research in Australia conducted by Melbourne University economist Jeff Borland and former Australian National University economist Andrew Leigh shows guys with above-average looks earned around $33,000 more than men who got sh

Hey, Here's something kinda cool! Have you heard? Grey's Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey, who plays Dr. Derek "McDreamy" Shepherd on the ABC series, says he's leading a group that's hoping to buy the Seattle-based coffeehouse chain, which has filed for bankruptcy and employs about 500 people...

A University of Maryland study conducted with both male and female volunteers discovered that, as with women, scantily-clad men are seen as more sensitive but less competent than their fully-clothed counterparts.

A hot dog vendor in New York sells his goods outside the Marriage Bureau in Manhattan with his daughter. When business got slow, they decided to earn extra money by selling bridal bouquets and boutonnieres along with the dogs. So far so good, but it got me thinking, what other businesses could you combine?

Seems we all love Spudnuts!! Check out this story about what Sarah Palin says about our local Spudnut Shop!