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Video: Office candy dish, worker weight gain link

A recent study shows the average American workers gains seven pounds per year. As Taryn Winter Brill reports, office candy bowls are part of the problem.

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iFive: Apple TV Rumors, UAE Quashing BlackBerry Email, Samsung Selling Drive Biz, Google Music Stumbles, RIM Eyes Nortel Patents

1. Apple TV rumors, of the big-screen rather than plug-in-peripheral kind, have come and gone. But over the last day or so a huge debate on the topic has arrived online with some heavyweight names taking part .

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Wanted: Paperweights That Say Screw Work, Leave Early

MoMa Design Store makes your mess of a desk into a garden of bad attitude with these flower-like paperweights. Crumple up that TPS report and go frolic! Here to remind you that you can indeed venture beyond your building for lunch, the MoMa Design Store's crumpled-up paper desk weight smack of bright spring flowers, screaming for you to break your hibernation. Better yet, they're made out of simulated work papers that you may have "simulated" finishing before leaving early to drink in the park.

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European Tour chief concerned about 2 Asian tours

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -The chief executive of the European Tour says he is "disappointed'' there are two competing tours in Asia and called on them to work together to "avoid confusion in the marketplace.''

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Greasy, Humdrum Ballpark Food? Think Again.

Photograph by Dan Saelinger #content-float{ margin-top:180px; } #content-float p{ font-size:12px !important; line-height:15px !important; } #table { display:inline-block; margin-top:15px; padding-top:50px; } #table p{ font-size:12px !important; line-height:15px !important; } #table #column-left{ width:200px; float:left; margin-right:5px; } #table #column-middle{ width:200px; float:left; margin-top:-33px; margin-right:5px; } #table #column-right{ width:200px; float:left; } .boldText { font-size:14px; } .blueText{ font-size:12px; color:rgb(0,173,220) !important; font-family: arial, helvetica,sans-serif !important; } .article h2 { font-family: arial, helvetica,sans-serif; } WE FIRST NOTICED the spicy tuna roll in New York. Then came the fine wine in Chicago, the fresh Dungeness-crabmeat sandwich in San Francisco, the cedar-planked salmon in Seattle. In the past three years, the foodie movement has invaded the most American of venues: the baseball stadium

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Cook birdies playoff hole to win Outback Pro-Am

John Cook won the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am on Sunday for his second Champions Tour victory of the year, rebounding from a double bogey on the final hole of regulation with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff against Jay Don Blake.

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Sneak Peek: Spring Show NYC

From April 27 through May 2, Spring Show NYC presents more than 60 art exhibitors at the Park Avenue Armory in celebration of Manhattan’s Art & Antiques Week. Works run the gamut from $2,500 to more than $1 million

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Macanudo’s Newest Smoke

For years, Macanudo was synonymous with mildness. If you wanted to buy a box of cigars for a gift, or recommend a brand to a friend, you couldn't go wrong with a Mac—which is why it remains the most popular premium cigar in America. But then tastes began to change

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Naturally Precious

Nature is an abundant source of inspiration for many jewelry designers, but newcomer Brooke Kanani Sachs takes actual elements from the forest and beach and casts them in 18-karat gold settings with diamond and gemstone accents to create her one-of-a-kind pieces. The jeweler’s seedpod ring, for instance, is an actual ...

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Rookie Steele wins Texas Open by single stroke

Rookie Brendan Steele shot a 1-under 71 on Sunday, overcoming relentless wind and fellow first-year PGA Tour player Kevin Chappell to win the Texas Open by a stroke.

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