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New York Nannies May Get Workers' Bill of Rights

(June 3) -- New York may soon become the first state to offer employment protection for nannies. The state Senate passed a bill of rights for domestic workers this week, a measure that would require employers to offer New York's approximately 200,000 household workers paid holidays, overtime pay and sick days....

10 Arguments Against the Shootout

My feelings on that glorified skills competition that turns a thrilling team sport into a made-for-TV sideshow the overtime shootout have been well-documented. Yet for some critics of the format, its obvious failings as a mechanism for artificially determining a victor can be forgiven by perhaps its greatest virtue:...

Stars Shine Bright in Vancouver to Take Game Five

*oof*Well, that was a real kick to the crotch!!! Brendan Morrow just got a lucky deflection to give the Dallas Stars a 1-0 OT win, prolonging the series back to Dallas, and preventing the Canucks from moving onto the next round.As a Canucks fan, this brings back bad memories of the 3-1 series lead that the Canucks blew...

A Contrarian View of NHL Overtime

While I managed to stay awake during the Canucks/Stars 4OT tilt on Wednesday night, my girlfriend didn't have quite the same dedication or desire to forego sleep to watch the entire game.She wonders if such games are really worth it for the players and fans. Here are her thoughts ...For the fans, while one or two overtimes...

For the Broncos, a Win is a Win

Right before the game, I predicted that defensive, not offensive improvement would be the key to winning this game - and I was right, sort of. Sometimes when teams win, it's downright ugly - and the Broncos' 9-6 win this afternoon against the Chiefs qualifies as just that. Analysts will tell you that it was a tough...

Background on overtime

Overtime or extra time is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw.

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