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Here is the Scripps Howard News Service NEWS budget for Friday, June 15, 2007. If you have questions or comments, SHNS editors can be reached at 202-408-1484. For all SHNS content and archives, visit our Web site at www.shns.com.

By ANYA SOSTEK
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Think you'd be happier if you finally got that long sought-after promotion?

You might want to think again.

Getting a promotion is more challenging than nearly any other major life event, including divorce or the death of a loved one, according to a managers and executives surveyed by Collier, Pa.-based consulting firm Development Dimensions International.

An editorial / By Dale McFeatters
Scripps Howard News Service

Let's be frank. Father's Day is kind of a me-too observance.
It follows Mother's Day by five weeks, and comes on the third Sunday in June, when there's a lot of other stuff going on. President Calvin Coolidge declared Father's Day a national observance in 1924 -- 10 years after President Woodrow Wilson had done the same for Mother's Day.

By TRISHA EVANS
Daily Oklahoman Business Writer

OKLAHOMA CITY _No retailer wants to be the next TJX Co., victim of one of the largest data breaches in recent history, but many might as well paint a bull's eye across their marquees and post the sign "Hackers Welcome."

By JESS DAVIS
Scripps Howard News Service

WASHINGTON _ An American Indian reservation, a blacksmith's home and the racetrack where Seabiscuit debuted are all in danger of being lost, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

GETTING HIRED
By MARVIN WALBERG
Scripps Howard News Service

Dear Mr. Walberg:
I am getting no response to my e-mail resume. I am a recent graduate of computer medical billing and coding school. I received a national certification and maintained a 3.8 GPA. My problem, however, is no practical experience -- my resume is good, but the experience is not relevant to my goal. In addition, I have been away from the workforce for 6 1/2 years due to an on-the-job injury. I would appreciate some guidance on how to get more attention.

Police officers swear to serve and protect, but some cops will admit that historically the oath has been inconsistently applied. They know, they say, because they watched others who wore the badge turn their backs on them.

Danielle Ezell calls it "three degrees of separation.”? That's how deep she is connected to all her contacts in a fast-growing business networking Web site called LinkedIn.com.

Don't be fooled. Those three degrees of separation — Ezell's contacts, the contacts of her contacts and all of their contacts — total more than 37,000 people.