A Pennsylvania company that publishes business newsletters will pay about $1.75 million to thousands of employees who were told to clock out while taking short breaks, including for the restroom. A federal judge has given the U.S. Department of Labor and the Malvern-based company, American Future Systems Inc., until Thursday to submit proposals on managing payment. The company contended that it wasn't required to pay employees for short breaks. The bill includes damages and back pay to 6,000 employees at offices in New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania between 2009 and 2013. The Department of Labor filed a lawsuit in 2012 stating the company violated the federal Fair Labor Standards Act because employees weren't earning minimum wage when the company required them to clock out for breaks. I feel sorry for all the employees who had to pay the price for the company's blatant flouting of the law. With the economy still recovering from the recession, people throughout the...

A recent survey finds that some people would be willing to have sex with their partners in public -- so long as they're not in plain view and the chances of being caught are slim to nil. In other words, they'd be up for doing the deed in a remove cave at night, or even behind some bushes in a desolate forest. Apparently, when people are horny enough, they're open to fornicating virtually anywhere in order to satisfy their urges. No matter how much of an adrenaline rush having sex in public might be, I would never do something that could land me in jail. Having sex in public is illegal, and there have been ample reports of people getting caught and arrested for this. To me, there's really no justification for this type of lewd behavior. If you're that desperate to get into each others' pants, why not just rush to a hotel or motel? Even doing it in the car -- while parked in an inconspicuous spot, of course -- is better than having sex out in the open. Remembe...