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Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain

Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters.

Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain

Tech firms bumping up perks to recruit, retain
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 31st
By MARTHA MENDOZAAP National Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) - Apple's ring-shaped, gleaming "Spaceship Headquarters" will include a world class auditorium and an orchard for engineers to wander. Google's new Bay View campus will feature walkways angled to force accidental encounters.

Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director

Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal.

Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director

Obama gives Secret Service its 1st female director
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 26th
By JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday named veteran Secret Service agent Julia Pierson as the agency's first female director, signaling his desire to change the culture at the male-dominated service, which has been marred by scandal.

Former Shadle Park High School Teacher Pleads ‘Not Guilty' To Sexual Misconduct

Former Shadle Park High School Teacher Pleads ‘Not Guilty' To Sexual Misconduct
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 21st
SPOKANE, Wash. – A former Shadle Park High School teacher pleaded not guilty to one count of first-degree sexual misconduct with a minor Wednesday; charges related to what police call an ‘ongoing pattern of sexual abuse' with a then-student at Shadle Park High School

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 8th
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" - part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide - has got a lot of people talking. In the weeks leading up to the book's release on Monday, pundits and press hounds

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 7th
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" - part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide - has got a lot of people talking. In the weeks leading up to the book's release on Monday, pundits and press hounds

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'

Facebook exec's new book urges women to 'lean in'
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 7th
By BARBARA ORTUTAYAP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) - For a book that has yet to be released, Sheryl Sandberg's "Lean In" - part feminist manifesto, part how-to career guide - has got a lot of people talking. In the weeks leading up to the book's March 11 release, pundits and press hounds

Growing push to halt workplace bullying

Growing push to halt workplace bullying
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on March 1st
By SAM HANANELAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. "One day I didn't do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started yelling, 'Why did you do that?

Brazil police inspector removed from post

Brazil police inspector removed from post
Submitted by Fox First at Ten on January 22nd
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A Rio de Janiero police inspector has been removed for making disparaging remarks about female officers on his Twitter account. Inspector Pedro Paulo Pontes Pinho tweets that he has "14 women under my command and only one has the talent, courage and determination needed for