Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Hyundai to hire 877 new employees - WSFA.com: Montgomery, AL. - Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC (HMMA) announced Monday evening that it is preparing to hire 877 new employees as it adds a third shift at its Montgomery facility. HMMA said the additional hires will bring the total number of jobs created at the plant to more than 3,000. HMMA says its 2012 production capacity will increase by approximately 20,000 units.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Romney’s Foreign Policy Spokesman Quits - NYTimes.com - Richard Grenell, an openly gay and longtime Republican foreign policy spokesman hired last month by Mitt Romney’s campaign, abruptly resigned on Tuesday after antigay elements in the party criticized his appointment and some Republican advisers said Mr. Grenell had been sidelined by the campaign during a busy foreign policy week. The Romney campaign issued a statement saying that it had sought to keep Mr. Grenell from quitting. And according to some Republicans, while Mr. Grenell’s sexual orientation was not an issue for the campaign, the Romney team had cut Mr. Grenell out of the loop on some issues after feeling a surprising pressure from some social conservatives. The departure underscores some of the challenges the Romney campaign faces as it tries to broaden its appeal to more moderate voters without alienating the social conservatives who make up the party’s base.
Mitt Romney's gay spokesman QUITS after less than a month over 'hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues' | Mail Online - Richard Grenell once worked as spokesperson for George W. Bush. - Deleted hundreds of offensive tweets after being hired by Romney campaign. - Said hyper-partisan discussion of personal issues' led him to quit
Photo: High School Senior Brings Life-Size Cardboard Tim Tebow to Prom - Yardbarker - According to Tim Gallagher of the Sioux City Journal, Kingsley-Pierson High School senior Rachel Bird decided to bring a life-size cardboard photo of Tebow as a date to her prom last weekend to get some laughs out of her fellow classmates. Thanks to a local Staples and the help of her mother, Bird was able to create a life-size cardboard print of Tebow and actually acted like he was the real Tebow throughout the night–which sounds hilarious when hearing about what she did throughout the night.
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