A Jobs Boom Built on Sweat in an Age of Belt-Tightening

Want to know what the job of the future looks like? Go to the gym. Phillip Hoskins did, but not to work out. He went to find clients, and to join the ranks of personal trainers, one of the fastest-growing American occupations. “I knew I didn’t want a desk job,” said Mr. Hoskins, of Louisville, Ky., who became a personal trainer after being let go, after 17 years, from a middle-management position at a car repair shop in December. “I’m pretty...

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No crime in Bradley's win over Pacquiao, Nevada rules without interviewing judges

LAS VEGAS – Many believe that Timothy Bradley's victory over Manny Pacquiao in their June 9 bout for the World Boxing Organization welterweight title was a robbery, but the Nevada attorney general said Tuesday it was not a crime. Catherine Cortez Masto, the Nevada attorney general, wrote in a letter to Top Rank's Bob Arum that "there do not appear to be any facts or evidence to indicate that a criminal violation occurred." Manny Pacquiao...

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Justin Bieber Finds Breaking Point, Hangs Up On Morning Radio Show

Justin Bieber is usually a pretty laid-back guy--for a superstar, anyway. In just the past few weeks, he's cheerfully endured such public tests as David Letterman dissing his tattoos, as well as a dare to put on an English accent for the duration of an entire British interview. However, he does seem to have a breaking point--and a Detroit-area morning radio show managed to find it, when he recently called in to chat.Justin Bieber Things...

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