BUYING Your Days Off

This just makes me nuts:

Salaried workers at General Motors Corp. can buy up to five extra vacation days this year for $175 a day, a plan the No. 1 automaker says is designed to save millions of dollars and boost morale.

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The French Chef Passes Away

The Grand Dame of TV cooking, Julia Child, has passed away at the age of either 91 or 92. We'll miss you, milady.

(Can't help it. Can't get Dan Ackroyd gasping "Save the liver!" out of my head.)