Life & Style Local charter school is building our future one student at a time

Published: Dec 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM PDT Last Updated: Dec 2, 2011 at 6:34 PM PDT

The economy is in a slump, jobs are hard to come by and unemployment is high - those are a given these days. So how can we prepare our youth for an uncertain future? That's what the folks at a local charter school are working on.

Life & Style Awards show celebrating black women aims to uplift

By STACY A. ANDERSON, Associated Press Published: Nov 3, 2011 at 3:42 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 3, 2011 at 3:42 PM PDT

When Beverly Bond started the organization Black Girls Rock!, her goal was to empower young girls of color and give them better images than the often negative depictions seen in the media.

Life & Style High school teacher wins top French literary prize

By Associated Press Published: Nov 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM PDT Last Updated: Nov 2, 2011 at 12:50 PM PDT

A high school teacher won France's top literary prize Wednesday for his first novel, which deals with France's colonial wars in Algeria and Southeast Asia.

Life & Style Dealing with Difficult Co-Workers! (Video)

Published: Oct 24, 2011 at 10:00 AM PDT Last Updated: Oct 24, 2011 at 2:34 PM PDT

The challenge of how to effectively work with difficult co-workers is a universal issue. This is a very different scenario than having to deal with a difficult boss or a challenging customer.

Life & Style Think it's a bad time to start a business? Don't tell that to these folks

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU.com Web Producer/Reporter Published: Oct 20, 2011 at 12:22 PM PDT Last Updated: Oct 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM PDT

The owners of a new taxi service in town that caters to the four-legged crowd have joined the roster of local entrepreneurs who have found a niche to fill amid the down economy.

Life & Style What's it really like to work in SWAT? Ask these guys (Photo Gallery)

By Shannon L. Cheesman, KATU.com Producer/Reporter Published: Oct 12, 2011 at 1:29 PM PDT Last Updated: Apr 26, 2012 at 9:57 AM PDT

We've all seen SWAT in action either on the news or fictionalized on TV and in movies, but what is it really like for the officers who call it their job?

Life & Style Get busy looking busy

By Pulp Staff Published: Oct 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM PDT

Sitting in a cubicle farm five days a week can drive a person crazy. For a lot of people, however, a chunk of those 40 hours is taken up with Facebook, Twitter, texting and avoiding ones boss. And, of course, looking like you’re working.

Life & Style On the internet at work? You deserve a raise

By Hanna Olsen Published: Oct 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 9:32 AM PDT

Science, I thought the jury was still out on you. But now I know that you're on our side. Because you have finally maybe established what I've always thought could possibly be true -- that browsing the 'Net while at work was actually a good thing.

Life & Style Google expands spoken search to desktop computers

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Published: Jun 15, 2011 at 8:52 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 10:32 AM PDT

Google is introducing more technological tricks to simplify Internet searching and give people another reason to surf the Web on its Chrome browser.

Life & Style Turn your Facebook page into an Excel spreadsheet (at work)

By Pulp Staff Published: Oct 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM PDT

You can now scan Facebook at work and look extremely mathematically busy at the same time.

Life & Style Steve Jobs gets comic book bio treatment

By MATT MOORE AP Business Writer Published: Jun 13, 2011 at 3:41 PM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 10:03 AM PDT

Publisher Bluewater Productions Inc. said Monday it will bring a 32-page biography of the iconic CEO to comic book shops, bookstores and online retailers Aug. 24.

Life & Style Best iPhone productivity apps

By Pulp Staff Published: Oct 7, 2011 at 10:25 AM PDT Last Updated: Mar 23, 2012 at 9:32 AM PDT

Apple Pages
Easily create letters, flyers, posters and cards with the mobile version of the Apple word processing software. The app automatically zooms in on text as you type, and text wraps so you’re not constantly moving your screen around.